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The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform met for a vote on its commission report recommendations. In order for the commission to submit its report to Congress, 14 of the 1…

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held a public meeting to discuss the final commission proposal. A vote on the proposal was scheduled for later in the week and req…

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held its inaugural meeting in the White House Conference Center. The commissioners discussed the nation’s long-term fiscal challen…

Maya MacGuineas and Barry Anderson testified about the economic outlook and fiscal policy in the U.S. and abroad. In their remarks they recommended that the government consider capping payme…

The National Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held a public meeting on the outlook for the national debt and ways in which deficit reduction might impact the U.S. economy. Witne…

Peter Orszag testified on President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal. In his remarks he talked about future budget deficits and proposals for a debt commission. He also focused on Pr…

The House and Senate Budget Committees met to confer on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Resolution.

Senate Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad and House Budget Chair John Spratt talked about President Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget outline. The plan called for spending $3.55 trillion in fi…

President Obama made closing remarks to members of Congress, senior administration officials, business leaders, policy makers and economists at a fiscal summit to examine fiscal responsibili…

The chairs of the House and Senate Budget Committees talked about the deficit estimates released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO released a report that the deficit would re…

The chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees talked about the new deficit projections in the Office of Management and Budget’s mid-session review of the fiscal year 2009 budget. Th…

Democrats Senator Kent Conrad and Rep. John Spratt, chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees, reacted to the Bush administration’s proposed fiscal year 2009 federal budget. They us…

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the nomination of former Rep. Jim Nussle to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Nussle was introduced by Senator Grassley an…

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad and House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt held a press conference to talk about the mid-session budget review from the Office of Management…

The House and Senate Budget Committee chairmen spoke to the press and answered questions about the president’s fiscal year 2008 budget released earlier in the day. They said that the budget …

The chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees spoke about the new deficit projections in the 2007 budget and economic outlook report released earlier in the day by the Congressional…

The ranking members of the Senate and House Budget Committees responded to the Office of Management and Budget fs mid-session economic review. The warned that reduced deficit estimates shoul…

Senate Budget Committee Chair Senator Conrad and House Budget Committee Chair Rep. Spratt spoke to reporters in response to the fiscal year 2007 federal budget released earlier in the day. U…

Senate and House Budget Committees' ranking members Senator Conrad and Rep. Spratt talked with reporters about their reaction to the annual report on the federal budget and economic forecast…

Senators spoke to reporters about a new economic report showing lower than expected levels of federal deficits. They stressed the differences between the deficit and national debt, the likel…