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Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
426 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
426 viewsRep. Kasich presided over the budget resolution markup for the fiscal year 1999. Members of the committee reviewed the bill line by line before putting it into final form for floor action.
76 viewsCommittee members heard testimony from Chairman Greenspan on the state of the U.S. economy. Greenspan testified about economic performance over the past year and budgetary challenges facing …
92 viewsHouse Budget Committee members heard testimony regarding President Clinton’s budget proposal for fiscal year 1999. The president released the budget, which is nearly one and three-quarters o…
63 viewsIn the newspaper roundtable, Representatives Dan Miller and Lynn Rivers, who are both members of the Budget Committee, talked about the president’s budget proposal and took audience calls, f…
52 viewsU.S. House begin the day’s legislative business.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,861 viewsUnited States House of Representatives session on May 18, 1995, debated the FY '96 budget plans -- the plan reported by the House Budget Committee and several substitute budget plans. After …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,039 viewsIn an excerpt from the House, members of the House debated a Balanced Budget Constitutional amendment. Various amendments were considered under a “king of the hill” procedure, meaning that t…
46 viewsRepublican representatives, including Representative Kasich, discussed the Republican alternative budget plan. The plan includes a welfare reform plan, crime legislation, health care reform,…
62 viewsThe guests, both members of the Budget Reconciliation Conference Committee, discussed the negotiations over the Fiscal Year 1994 federal budget. Specific topics included the proposed gasolin…
26 viewsThe committee heard testimony from Secretary Bentsen and Ms. Rivlin on the tax increases and government spending cuts in the economic program recently introduced by President Clinton. The he…
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