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Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew spoke at a Bipartisan Policy Center forum on raising the debt ceiling. He urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling and said the government was likely to exhaust …

Secretary Sebelius testified about the fiscal year 2013 Health and Human Services budget.

Secretary Geithner testified on the Treasury Department’s fiscal year 2013 budget request. He said President Obama’s $3.8 trillion package will reduce deficits significantly over time and pu…

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testified on his department’s 2012 budget request.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified about the President’s $891 billion 2012 spending request for her department. Senators asked questions about implementing the n…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2011 budget. He said that the nation’s economy is stronger than it was a year ago, but that the govern…

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified on President Obama’s health care proposals and his fiscal year 2011 budget proposal.

Treasury Secretary Geithner gave an overview of President Obama’s budget proposals for fiscal year 2010. He spoke about the projected budget deficit of $1.8 trillion in fiscal 2009, saying $…

The witness testified about issues including the structure of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, DNI authority over various agencies, and the proposed fiscal year 2009 inte…

Secretary Paulson testified about the Bush administration’s proposed fiscal year 2009 budget proposal. Topics included the administration position on alternative minimum tax (AMT) relief, si…

The House & Senate Budget Committees held a hearing on the effects of a possible government shutdown if federal budget legislation was not passed by October 1. They heard testimony from Whit…

Committee members continued to work on legislation that would curtail fiscal year 2006 mandatory spending and extend a series of tax cuts. They also considered various amendments and proposa…

Committee members marked up budget reconciliation instructions to reduce the spending in H.Con.Res. 95. They also marked up the Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005. Staff me…

Mr. Crippen talked about the federal budget and a forecast of a budget deficit. Among the issues he addressed were to impact of September 11 attacks on the economy, tax revenue shortfalls, a…

Secretary O’Neill testified about President Bush’s budget proposal. Among the topics he addressed were plans for tax cuts, spending levels, paying down the national debt, and Social Security…

Committee members heard testimony on Congressional Budget Office projections for the U.S. economy and the federal budget surplus.

Senators debated the merits of amendments offered to the budget resolution. Among the topics they addressed were veterans health care coverage, farm subsidies, and tax cuts.

United States Senators talked to reporters about a bipartisan alternative budget proposal in response to the Republican plan. They stressed that their plan provides tax relief for the middle…

In an excerpt from the U.S. Senate, members debated an amendment to the fiscal year 1997 budget legislation offered by the so-called Senate Centrist Coalition. The bipartisan group has creat…

Senator Olympia Snowe R-Maine, gave the Republican response to President Bill Clinton’s weekly address. Sen. Snowe spoke of Senator Bob Dole’s resignation announcement and legislation to bal…