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The Senate Budget Committee marked up the fiscal year 2009 concurrent budget resolution.

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…

The Senate Budget Committee heard opening remarks on its markup of the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget.

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the 2007 budget and economic outlook prepared by the Congressional Budget Office. Mr. Orszag testified about revised deficit projections and ans…

Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke testified about the state of the economy, governmental financial policy, and federal spending priorities. In his testimony he warned of an impending “fiscal…

Republican members of the Senate spoke to reporters about proposals to restructure the budgeting process and enact strong fiscal policies. They called for a line-item veto, fast track approv…

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing about confirmation of the president’s nomination of Rob Portman to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget. He talked about the stat…

The Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee holds a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 budget for the Legislative Branch and funding for the new Capitol Visitors …

The Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing on Gulf Coast hurricane recovery and reconstruction efforts. State governors testified about the administration’s supplemental budget reque…

The Senate Appropriations Committee held hearings on the president’s fiscal year 2006 request for supplemental appropriations for stabilization and counter-insurgency activities in Iraq and …

Witnesses testified about fiscal year 2006 Supplemental Appropriations for Gulf Coast hurricane recovery and federal reconstruction efforts in the region.

Mr. Bolton presented the Bush administration’s fiscal year 2007 federal budget proposal to the committee, presented charts, and answered questions. He also detailed the federal government’s …

Republican senators spoke to reporters about passage of the budget reconciliation package. Following their remarks, they responded to questions and comments from the reporters. Among the iss…

The committee marked up a draft of the fiscal year 2006 Senate Spending Reconciliation that included $39 billion in spending cuts over a period of 5 years.

Portions of a mark-up hearing on the fiscal year 2006 federal budget were shown. Members offered and debated various amendments and proposals for revisions in the bill. This portion focus…

Portions of a mark-up hearing on the fiscal year 2006 federal budget were shown. Members offered and debated various amendments and proposals for revisions in the bill.

The Senate Budget Committee marked up the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution. Topics of debate included Defense Department increases, and decreases in Medicaid payments to states. Senators D…

The Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Holtz-Eakin testified about the outlook for the U.S. economy. He presented baseline figures on where the federal budget stands today.…

Witnesses testified before a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee regarding the military budget for drug interdiction and other counter-narcotics activities. Among the specific issues addresse…

Senate Budget Committee members marked up the proposed fiscal year 2005 budget resolution. They offered changes to the legislation and debated various issues such as tax rates and deficit sp…