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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…

Panelists talked about the newly created joint congressional Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, which was created on August 2, 2011, as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and compris…

Retiring Representative Bill Frenzel addressed the National Economists Club on “Why Can’t Congress Balance the Budget?.” He gave a twenty-year perspective on the inherent problems with the …

The Brookings Institute and New America Foundation and other Public Policy institutions hosted a forum on Fiscal Policy. Senator John McCain R-Arizona and Senator Joe Lieberman D-Connecticut…

Budget experts from Congress and the White House discussed the political and fiscal prospects of balancing the budget by 2002. They discussed issues such as the need for a constitutional ame…

The House Budget Committee heard testimony to lay the groundwork for the federal budget for fiscal year 1991.

Members of the House and Senate Budget Committees met today to begin the process of reconciling differences in the House and Senate budget legislation. The conference committee was chaired b…

Republican representatives register doubts about the new budget agreement.

Rep. Frenzel discussed the status of budget summit negotiations. Rep. Frenzel is the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee and a member of the summit group.

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4982, which promoted the study of mathematics and science in elementary schools and to provide training for mathematics and science teacher…

The House rejected H.Res. 180 on agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2072 which would have made dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for FY89. The House also comple…

Witnesses testified on ways to reduce the federal deficit.

A meeting of the National Economic Commission. They talked about Deficit Reductions and its implications.

The House debated an amendment to and final passage of H.R. 3545.

The conferees met to resolve differences between Senate and House-passed versions of H.J.Res. 324, a provision to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. Senator Bentsen of Texas …

Members discussed several proposals being attached to a continuing resolution, including the financing of grants for college students, and an immigration bill. Note: This is an incomplete …