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Witnesses testified about proposed fiscal 2011 appropriations for rail transportation programs and activities. They focused on the Obama administration’s budget request for the Federal Rail …

Shaun Donovan testified about the fiscal year 2011 Housing and Urban Development budget. In his remarks he talked about proposed cuts to the budget and efforts to stabilize the housing marke…

Lisa Jackson testified on the Environmental Protection Agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget. President Obama’s $10 billion budget request for EPA would cut the agency’s total funding by about $3…

Witnesses testified about the fiscal year 2009 defense budget. Defense Secretary Gates' testimony focused on the threats facing the United States including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, …

The witness testified about issues including the structure of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, DNI authority over various agencies, and the proposed fiscal year 2009 inte…

House and Senate conferees meet to propose and vote on various amendments to the proposed fiscal year 2006 emergency war and hurricane relief supplemental appropriations bill.

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.

House and Senate conference committee members worked out differences between federal highway funding legislation passed by both houses.

Witnesses testified before the Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee regarding the proposed fiscal year 2005 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Committee members expressed concern …

The conference committee attempted to reach a compromise agreement between the House and Senate on supplemental appropriations for the war with Iraq, homeland security, and other purposes. T…

Witnesses testified about additional security spending for the coming fiscal year. Among the topics they addressed were operations against global terrorism, the department of defense’s role …

Mr. Daniels testified about the state of the U.S. economy and the federal budget. He opposed using budget surplus funds to pay down very much of the federal debt and favored the tax rebate b…

Committee members heard testimony on Congressional Budget Office projections for the U.S. economy and the federal budget surplus.

The senators debated a variety of issues dealing with the 2001 federal budget. A dispute occurred within the committee over whether a supplemental fund should be included. This fund would p…

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2001 Budget. The Committee heard from Comptroller General, David Walker, who testified about various spending programs and how to ef…

Congressional negotiators discussed how to combine three emergency spending measures for military action in Yugoslavia, other defense spending, and aid to disaster victims in Central America…

Congressional negotiators discussed how to combine three emergency spending measures for military action in Yugoslavia, other defense spending and aid to disaster victims in Central America.…

Beginning at about 4:50 p.m., senators debated an amendment to the Veterans Department appropriations bill sponsored by Senator Bumpers which would eliminate U.S. funding for the internation…