Budget Reconciliation Legislation
In an excerpt from the session of the U.S. House of Representatives, members debated the President’s budget program. Supporters of the President’s budget spoke about the necessity for moving…
91 viewsIn an excerpt from the session of the U.S. House of Representatives, members debated the President’s budget program. Supporters of the President’s budget spoke about the necessity for moving…
91 viewsSenate Minority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kansas) and House Minority Leader Bob Michel (R-Illinois) spoke in a news conference shortly after the House and Senate budget conference committee rele…
48 viewsIn an excerpt from the session of the House, members debated the adoption of the rule concerning debate over the Clinton administration’s deficit reduction plan, which was expected to be vot…
48 viewsThe committee heard testimony from members of Congress on H.R. 2264, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The legislation contains the tax increases and spending cuts proposed by the Clint…
138 viewsHouse Republicans and representatives of consumer groups spoke in a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol to publicize their efforts to eliminate the BTU tax in the Clinton administration…
991 viewsRepublican leaders spoke in a news conference to criticize the Clinton administration’s economic program for failing to reduce taxes on America’s middle class and failing to reduce federal s…
41 viewsRepresentative Robert Michel, R-Illinois, delivered the Republican response to President Clinton’s weekly radio address. He discussed the president’s first one hundred days and the prospects…
61 viewsHouse Republicans spoke in a news conference to announce a series of 19 town meetings across the nation to take place on April 17, 1993. A Republican member of the House or Senate would spea…
35 viewsThe Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress heard testimony from current and former members of Congress on proposed reforms to the federal budget process. The hearing was part of a s…
46 viewsHouse Republican leaders discussed their meeting with the president earlier in the day in a news conference in the U.S. Capitol. The House leaders said issues in the meeting included the Cli…
52 viewsHouse Minority Leader Robert Michel spoke in a televised address to the nation in response to the president’s address to Congress earlier in the evening. In his remarks, Representative Miche…
167 viewsH.R. 5368: A bill to make appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs. H.R. 5504: A bill to make appropriations for the Department of Defense. H.C.Res. 37…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,151 viewsHouse considered multiple bills: S 3144: A bill to amend title ten, United States Code, to improve the health care system provided for members and former members of the armed forces and thei…
View in Congressional Chronicle615 viewsH.Res. 591: A resolution to waive the requirement of clause 4(b), rule eleven, against consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. S. 1696: A bill to designa…
View in Congressional Chronicle22,739 viewsHR 5318: A bill regarding the extension of most-favored-nation status to the products of the People’s Republic of China. HR 5677: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor…
View in Congressional Chronicle435 viewsHR 5427: A bill to make appropriations for the legislaive branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993.
View in Congressional Chronicle256 viewsMembers of the House of Representatives debated H.J.Res. 290, legislation that would create a Constitutional amendment mandating a balanced federal budget. The bill would force the president…
32 viewsHJR 290: A resolution to propose an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax le…
View in Congressional Chronicle208 viewsMembers of the House of Representatives debated H.R. 5333, the Balanced Budget Act of 1992, which would require the president and Congress to submit comprehensive plans to balance the federa…
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