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Ben Bernanke made the keynote address at a conference on the U.S. economy and the federal debt ceiling. In his remarks he said that “failing to raise the debt ceiling in a timely way would b…

The Aspen Institute hosted a forum on reducing the federal budget deficit with panelists from a wide variety of viewpoints, including Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax reform, a member of…

In a tribute to Senator Domemici, participants discussed passage of the Congressional Budget Act and the efforts over the years to balance the budget. Those who could not attend sent greetin…

Director Franklin Raines talked about the Republican budget resolution offered by Representative John Kasich, R-OH. Representative John Spratt and other members of Congress gave their commen…

White House Budget Director, Franklin Raines, spoke at the Woman’s National Democratic Club about President Bill Clinton’s fiscal year 1999 budget proposal.

House 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…

Administration officials discussed elements of President Clinton’s balanced budget proposal and answered questions from the press.

Mr. Raines and Mr. Sperling took reporters' questions about President Clinton’s announcement earlier in the day that he planned to submit a balanced budget for fiscal year 1999. They stresse…

Franklin Raines, White House Budget Director, reviewed the Clinton administration’s economic and fiscal policies over the past five years. He stressed the budgetary savings created by admini…

After the line-item veto signing, White House budget officials briefed reporters on the details of the three provisions of the budget bill vetoed by the president. The measures included New …

Shortly after a White House event with congressional Democrats, White House budget advisers briefed reporters on the details of the budget agreement between the president and Congress. They …

Franklin Raines, the White House budget director, spoke about the importance of following through on the balanced budget agreement to help restore public trust in government. Mr. Raines said…

About an hour after the president’s announcement on the budget agreement, administration officials took reporters' questions on some of the details of the proposal, including the tax cuts an…

After the president’s announcement in Baltimore, members of the administration budget negotiating team briefed reporters on various aspects of the budget agreement at the White House. They s…

After appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” White House Budget Director Franklin Raines and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), two of the major budget negotiators, talked to reporters about the current…

Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, spoke about the changing relationship between federal and state government in the administration of social programs, such as welfare, a…

Budget experts from Congress and the White House discussed the political and fiscal prospects of balancing the budget by 2002. They discussed issues such as the need for a constitutional ame…

Committee members heard testimony from Mr. Raines concerning the president’s fiscal year 1998 budget proposal and his five-year plan to balance the budget. The proposal contains $1.69 trilli…

After the president and vice president made remarks, administration economic officials briefed reporters on the details of the president’s fiscal year 1998 budget proposal. They too stressed…

Current and former congressional and executive budgetary officials, business leaders and others gathered to discuss the role of accounting and scoring in the federal budget process. They exa…