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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.

The senators debated a variety of issues dealing with the 2001 federal budget. A dispute occurred within the committee over whether a supplemental fund should be included. This fund would p…

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2001 Budget. The Committee heard from Comptroller General, David Walker, who testified about various spending programs and how to ef…

Senators Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico), Spencer Abraham (R-Michigan), John Ashcroft (R-Missouri), Slade Gorton (R-Washington) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) talked to reporters about a Congressio…

Senator Slade talked about the proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2000. He outlined the Republican leadership goals. He stressed that the Republican plan would not spend any of the Soci…

Congressional negotiators talked about how to combine three emergency spending measures for military action in Yugoslavia, other defense spending, and aid to disaster victims in Central Amer…

Congressional negotiators discussed how to combine three emergency spending measures for military action in Yugoslavia, other defense spending, and aid to disaster victims in Central America…

House and Senate Appropriations Committee members met to discuss the 1999 Supplemental Appropriations Bill. The bill would allow for $11.6 billion to fund the action in Yugoslavia, as well a…

Congressional negotiators discussed how to combine three emergency spending measures for military action in Yugoslavia, other defense spending and aid to disaster victims in Central America.…

Republican leaders talked about the status of budget negotiations. They discussed issues which remained in contention, concessions on education spending, and Republican achievements in the 1…

Senate Republicans responded to President Bill Clinton’s announcement today of the first balanced budget in 29 years. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), chair of the Senate Budget Committee, and …

House and Senate conferees met to discuss the differences between House and Senate versions of supplemental appropriations legislation to fund military efforts in Bosnia and the Persian Gulf…

Following a bipartisan meeting of 22 Senators and White House officials, senators talked with reporters about their fiscal year 1997 budget proposal. They took questions from the press.

U.S. Senate works on the Highway Conference Report and the Reconciliation bill.

Members of the US Senate met to debate several bills and amendments.

The Senate met for legislative business.

Majority Leader Dole and Senate Republicans on the Budget Committee talked to reporters about the budget resolution conference report just passed by the Senate.

Republican senators briefed reporters and answered questions about the passage of the fiscal year 1996 federal budget resolution. The resolution passed by a vote of 57 to 42.

The Senate began work on the fiscal year 1996 budget resolution. It called for almost $1 trillion in spending cuts over the course of seven years and aimed at reaching a balanced budget by t…