Accomplishments of the 106th Congress
Republican leaders talked to reporters about a budget agreement reached with Democrats. They claimed victory for including increased defense spending, added flexibility for local school boar…
98 viewsRepublican leaders talked to reporters about a budget agreement reached with Democrats. They claimed victory for including increased defense spending, added flexibility for local school boar…
98 viewsWitnesses testified about President Clinton’s Social security plan. Among the issues they discussed were using budget surpluses to strengthen the system, Medicare reform, and ensuring the in…
81 viewsThe House will debate H.R. 3196, the foreign operations appropriations bill, and H.R. 3075, a bill to amend the Social Security Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle318 viewsRepresentatives talked about books that they have recently read.
53 viewsVice President, Al Gore, members of Congress, and computer industry officials briefed reporters on a new on-line resource to help parents safeguard children from adult material on the Intern…
345 viewsThe House convened on July 22, 1999 to debate and discuss a Republican package of tax cuts totaling 792 billion dollars over ten years. This proposal was passed. Also, a fiscal year 2000 def…
View in Congressional Chronicle554 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met to hear proposed amendments to the Financial freedom Act which provided for several forms of tax cuts. Despite the threat of a presidential veto, the c…
94 viewsCommittee members heard about legislation containing several tax cut proposals. Under particular consideration was a Republican proposal that would cut personal income, capital gains, and ma…
122 viewsAt a Washington, DC rally Republican leaders talked about the need for tax breaks for the American people. They focused on how families are stressed trying to meet their tax obligations and …
29 viewsRepublican members of the House of Representatives talked to reporters about their federal budget goals for the fiscal year 2000. They stressed that they will not raise taxes and that the So…
44 viewsThe House debated the use of Social Security funds for other federal programs.
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