Markup of Tax Portion of Budget Reconciliation
The House Ways and Means Committee marked up the tax portion of the House budget reconciliation legislation. Mr. Yin testified about the likely impact of various proposals on fiscal and tax …
97 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee marked up the tax portion of the House budget reconciliation legislation. Mr. Yin testified about the likely impact of various proposals on fiscal and tax …
97 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the future of Social Security. The hearing will focus on Social Security’s financial outlook and the program in the context of the federa…
127 viewsSecretary Snow testified about President Bush’s budget request for fiscal year 2006. Among the topics he addressed were proposals to reform Social Security, spending cuts for various program…
79 viewsSecretary Thompson testified about the president’s proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Among the topics he addressed were cost estimates for a Medicare prescript…
154 viewsSecretary Snow testified about President Bush’s fiscal year 2005 federal budget proposal. He was questioned about unemployment, veterans' benefits, tax cuts, the Medicare Trust Fund, the Ira…
149 viewsWitnesses testified about various government programs and measures to prevent fraud, waste and abuse. They also talked about ways to modernize programs to ensure greater fiscal responsibilit…
176 viewsSecretary Snow testified about President Bush’s budget proposals, the state of the economy, tax policy, and economic stimulus.
61 viewsRepublican leaders spoke to reporters about the fiscal year 2003 budget resolution passed by the House earlier in the day. Following their remarks they answered questions from the reporters.
49 viewsFollowing their meeting with President Bush, financial committee leaders talked with reporters outside the White House about budget and tax cut issues. They answered media questions individu…
70 viewsSecretary Summers, with the help of Ms. Mathews, testified on issues in the administration’s budget recommendations including the marriage tax penalty, Medicare, and the future of Social S…
81 viewsMajority Whip, Representative Tom DeLay R-Texas, and other Republican leaders talked to reporters about a budget agreement between House Republicans and Democrats which provided modest tax c…
42 viewsHouse Republican leaders spoke at a rally in the House triangle in support of an upcoming vote on a $790 billion tax cut measure. They called on President Clinton avoid vetoing the measure, …
37 viewsSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Representative Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, and other Republican Representatives celebrated the passage of tax cut legislation in the House. The measu…
37 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met to hear proposed amendments to the Financial freedom Act which provided for several forms of tax cuts. Despite the threat of a presidential veto, the c…
94 viewsAfter brief remarks by congressional candidates, House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) talked about Republican economic policy, the budget surplus, Social Security, and other topics.
47 viewsThe House debated the budget reconciliation bill which was designed to balance the budget within seven years.
89 viewsIn this second day of markup hearings, committee members continued to debate final language on the Medicare reform proposal which is designed to save $270 billion over the next seven years a…
82 viewsCommittee members continue to debate final language on the Medicare reform proposal which is designed to save $270 billion over the next seven years as part of the Republican plan to balance…
58 viewsCommitee members heard testimony from chairmen of several House committees on their requests for funds to run their panels. This was the second of two days of hearings on committee funding r…
87 viewsIn 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.
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