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Witnesses 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…

Committee 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…

The House debated the use of Social Security funds for other federal programs.

Ms. Buritica and Ms. Denson testified that they were detained by Customs agents, strip-searched and forced to consume laxatives when returning to the U.S. They said that they believed th…

The House International Relations Committee marked up the resolutions regarding the declaration of war against Yugoslavia and the call-back of U.S. military forces from the region.

Members debated bills and resolutions, including a resolution declaring the House’s support for U.S. military forces engaged in an air campaign against Serbian forces in Yugoslavia. The Hous…

In the first panel, Senator Specter testified about the bill he created to put a tariff on steel dumping. Senator DeWine testified about the large number of jobs lost in Ohio due to steel du…

United States House of Representatives session on March 11, 1999 with passing of the U.S. Troop in Kosovo and passing “Ed-Flex” education funding.

Members of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee heard testimony regarding the IRS national taxpayer advocate report. Witnesses testified about the goal of the IRS to create a stro…

Treasury officials testified about the president’s budget proposal. The plan included provisions to set aside the bulk of the surplus for Social Security and Medicare while using the remaini…

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on Social Security Reform. Witnesses including Reverend Jesse Jackson and Empower America’s Jack Kemp offered solutions to the program’s pr…

Mr. Greenspan testified that he agreed with President Clinton’s idea to save Social Security by using the budget surplus. He disagreed, however, with the idea to use some of the surplus to i…