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Witnesses testified about President Clinton’s Social security plan. Among the issues they discussed were using budget surpluses to strengthen the system, Medicare reform, and ensuring the…

At this press event outside the U.S. Capital Representatives from both parties talked to reporters about their support for campaign finance legislation due to be debated in the house the next day. They…

House Session

The House convened on July 22, 1999 to debate and discuss a Republican package of tax cuts totaling 792 billion dollars over ten years. This proposal was passed. Also, a fiscal year 2000…

Representative Sander Levin (D-MI) talked about what he termed the “fiscally irresponsible” Republican tax cut proposal which would exploit the recent budget surplus to cut taxes. He also…

The committee met to hear proposed amendments to the Financial Freedom Act which provided for several forms of tax cuts. Despite the threat of a presidential veto, the committee voted to…

The House Ways and Means Committee met to hear proposed amendments to the Financial freedom Act which provided for several forms of tax cuts. Despite the threat of a presidential veto, the…