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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…

Representative Spratt, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, gave Democratic view of the president’s budget. President Bush delivered the budget on Monday, January 6, 2006. The guest…

Representative Skelton, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and other Democratic conferees spoke to reporters about the defense authorization bill conference report. They d…

Following a caucus meeting, Democratic House leaders spoke to reporters about the Republican federal budget plan. They discussed the planned cuts to health care, student aid, and other essen…

House Budget Committee ranking member John Spratt talked about Democrats' view of the budget situation and how to counter Republican budget cutting plans. Among the topics he discussed were …

House Democrats spoke to reporters about the “Democratic National Security Strategy for the 21st Century.” They discussed the three objectives of their strategy: Defend the homeland, defea…

House Democratic leaders talked about current issues, focusing on the economy. This informal meeting preceded a news conference by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the incoming House minority leade…

House Democratic leaders announced they will hold an economic forum in which they will formulate a long-term economic plan for their party. After their remarks they answered questions from r…

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announces the election as the House Minority Leader for the 108th Congress, and nominate Representative John Spratt (D-SC) as Assistant to the Minority Lea…

The Representatives talked about the House Democratic leadership elections. Rep. Menendez was elected Democratic Caucus chair, Rep. Clyburn vice chair, and Rep. Hoyer Minority Whip. Followin…