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A bipartisan group of former government officials and members of Congress talked about federal debt and the nation’s long-term fiscal challenges. All of the panelists agreed that political g…

Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Former President Clinton talked about reducing the federal deficit at the 2010 Fiscal Summit held at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. In his remar…

Brookings Institution scholars talked about a report they released, “Restoring Fiscal Sanity: How to Balance the Budget.” The book analyzed the federal budget deficit and suggests ways to b…

Participants talked about the federal budget outlook for the following year and the long-term effects of budget deficits on the economy. Among the topics they addressed were the projected si…

Participants talked with reporters about saving federal dollars for the future through budget policy, tax cuts, and disciplined use of the federal budget surplus. Among the issues they addre…

Administration officials discussed President Bill Clinton’s plan for the budget surplus, including extending solvency for Medicare and Social Security, establishing an education trust fund, …

President Bill Clinton urged legislators to adopt his budget plan which would set aside most of an expected budget surplus for Social Security. He argued against a Republican plan for a ten …

Treasury officials testified about the president’s budget proposal. The plan included provisions to set aside the bulk of the surplus for Social Security and Medicare while using the remaini…

Participants discussed and explained the president’s budget proposal. They talked about how the plan would reduce the federal budget deficit and provide fiscal discipline while allowing grow…

Three cabinet secretaries gathered to urge Congress to approve supplemental appropriations for foreign policy concerns. The funds would support U.S. troops in Bosnia and the Persian Gulf, U.…

Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, Secretary of Defense, William Cohen and Treasury Secretary, Robert Rubin, spoke to reporters about their efforts to gain congressional support for Fis…

Administration officials discussed elements of President Clinton’s balanced budget proposal and answered questions from the press.

After the line-item veto signing, White House budget officials briefed reporters on the details of the three provisions of the budget bill vetoed by the president. The measures included New …

Shortly after a White House event with congressional Democrats, White House budget advisers briefed reporters on the details of the budget agreement between the president and Congress. They …

About an hour after the president’s announcement on the budget agreement, administration officials took reporters' questions on some of the details of the proposal, including the tax cuts an…

After the president’s announcement in Baltimore, members of the administration budget negotiating team briefed reporters on various aspects of the budget agreement at the White House. They s…

The House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin concerning President Bill Clinton’s Fiscal Year 1998 Budget. Secretary Rubin testified about the taxes a…

After the president and vice president made remarks, administration economic officials briefed reporters on the details of the president’s fiscal year 1998 budget proposal. They too stressed…

Committee members heard testimony from several members of Congress, Secretary Rubin, constitutional experts and others concerning a Balanced Budget Amendment. Secretary Rubin stated that the…

Three senior administration officials, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, and Management and Budget Director Franklin Raines briefed reporters on the f…