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The committee heard testimony on the cost-containment proposals in President Clinton’s health care reform proposal, including the impact of health care reform on insurers and the possible un…

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on health care reform particularly in regard to President Bill Clinton’s proposed plan. Governors Carroll Campbell (R-SC), chairman of the N…

The U.S. House of Representatives met on a special Saturday session to try to finish business before the holiday recess. They considered 23 suspension bills, the intelligence authorization c…

Witnesses testified concerning funding options for the president’s health care reform plan. The major point of contention was the proposed $.75 tax on cigarettes.

House Ways & Means Committee hearing on Health Care Reform Financing

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The vote was 231-190 in favor of passage.

Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen testified concerning the administration’s plans to fund the president’s health care reform plan. He stated that the tax on tobacco products and administrativ…

Representatives Charles Rangel (D-New York) and Joseph Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) called a news conference to encourage the U.S. to lead a force in an “invasion” of Haiti to reinstate Preside…

Representative Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) spoke to reporters following the Congressional Black Caucus’s meeting with President Bill Clinton concerning the situation in Haiti. They emphasized that t…

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified about the president’s health care proposal. Ms. Clinton led the president’s health care task force responsible for the design of the proposal. Fol…

With the House completing it’s Legislative Business for the day as several Members spoke briefly on subjects of their choice. The House then moved on to Special Orders. Topics included the r…

This committee hearing was to provide an opportunity for administration officials to discuss trade, environmental, and labor issues in the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The conference committee heard testimony from congressional committee staff members on the details of the budget reconciliation bills recently passed by the House and Senate. The conference …

Lawmakers finished a bill to authorize the U.S. State Department for another two years. The bill would provide about 15 billion dollars to the state department. They then took up the fiscal …

In a series of separate news conferences, members of the House Democratic Caucus responded to questions from reporters following their meeting on President Bill Clinton’s economic program. D…

The House debated and voted on H.R. 2264. It passed 219-213. There were several motions passed on the Budget Bill rule. The Bill is aimed at reducing the deficit by $500 billion over 5 years…

In an excerpt from the session of the House, members debated the Clinton administration’s deficit reduction plan due to come up for a vote later in the day.

Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from members of Congress and the nominee in consideration of the nomination of Lee Brown to head the Office of Drug Control Policy. Mr. Brown refle…

The committee heard testimony from officials from government agencies during the markup session for the president’s budget reconciliation tax proposals. During the hearing, committee members…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives continued work on President Clinton’s Economic Plan that was unveiled on February 17th. This was the FY 1994 Budget Resolution Economic Stimulus …