Entitlement Spending Debate
Senators debated legislation to save $135 billion in entitlement programs over the next five years as part of a balanced budget plan. They stressed the importance of balancing the budget and…
59 viewsSenators debated legislation to save $135 billion in entitlement programs over the next five years as part of a balanced budget plan. They stressed the importance of balancing the budget and…
59 viewsHouse and Senate conferees met to eliminate the differences in the tax provisions of the House and Senate versions of the budget reconciliation bill. Members debated where the proposed cuts …
59 viewsCommittee members heard testimony from committee chairmen Democratic leaders about their budget requests for committee operations and staffing. The first witnesses were the Chairman and Rank…
82 viewsSenate Majority Leader Mitchell and two Democratic senators talked to reporters after the Senate voted to pass the Budget Reconciliation Bill in a vote of 51-50. Senator Mitchell noted the i…
51 viewsSenator Daniel Moynihan, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, responded to reporters' questions following a meeting of the conference committee working on reconciling the House and Sena…
45 viewsThe conference committee heard testimony from congressional committee staff members on the details of the budget reconciliation bills recently passed by the House and Senate. The conference …
96 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony from staff members on the Clinton administration’s budget bill during its conference to reconcile the Hosu…
194 viewsThe Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committess held a conference meeting and negotiated President Bill Clinton’s Budget Plan.
137 viewsThree Democratic Senate leaders and Vice President Al Gore spoke in a news conference following the Senate vote to pass the budget reconciliation act. The act, which contained the deficit re…
55 viewsSenate Majority Leader George Mitchell and Senator Moynihan, members of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke in a news conference on the Clinton administration’s economic plan following a mar…
35 viewsSenate Finance Committee markup of the Clinton Budget Bill.
85 viewsMembers of the Senate Finance Committee spoke in a news conference to announce the release of the Clinton administration’s Budget Reconciliation Act from committee. Senate Majority Leader Mi…
37 viewsSenator Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-ME) spoke in a news conference in a U.S. Capitol building shortly after …
44 viewsSenate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-ME) and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), member of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke at a news conference to discuss the negotiations takin…
39 viewsSenate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-ME, Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and Finance Committee Member Senator Daniel Moynihan, D-NY, spoke in a news conference to reporters following their meet…
35 viewsPresident Bill Clinton spoke to students and faculty at Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Science and Art to promote the administration’s economic program. In his remarks, following…
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