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Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat from North Dakota, spoke to reporters about reactions to a provision in the Onmibus Spending Bill allowing greater access for members to IRS return information.…

Senator Conrad, Budget Committee Ranking Member, talked about the federal debt limit and budget deficit. The Senate voted on a bill to raise the $7.4 trillion debt limit by $800 billion the …

Senator Kent Conrad, D-ND, and Representative John Spratt, D-SC, spoke to reporters about recent projections that showed the year’s federal deficit would be the largest ever. They also respo…

Sen. Conrad and Rep. Spratt spoke to reporters about the federal budget deficit. They described recent information that indicates the deficit for 2004 will be the largest in U.S. history. Th…

Witnesses testified to the Senate Finance committee regarding the implementation of the new Medicare prescription drug discount cards programs.

Conferees met to talk about the proposed fiscal year 2005 budget and offer potential changes and additions to the legislation.

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…

Senate Budget Committee members talked about the future of Social Security. They criticized Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan’s remarks, made earlier in the week, that encouraged…

Secretary Colin Powell testified regarding the proposed fiscal year 2005 budget for the State Department and international affairs. The secretary addressed a number of issues, including the …

Senator Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) and Representative John Spratt (D-South Carolina) spoke to reporters about President Bush’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2005. They said that spending…

The leading Democrats on the House and Senate Budget Committees, Representative John Spratt D-SC and Senator Kent Conrad D-ND, held a press conference and talked about the Congressional Budg…