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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified about the president’s health care proposal. Ms. Clinton led the president’s health care task force responsible for the design of the proposal. Fol…

The U.S. House of Representatives met for the last session of the 103rd Congress. Members debated the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty. Representative Steve Largent (R-OK…

The members of the House Ways and Means Committee continued to go through health care legislation markup. Members questioned committee staff on a variety of subjects while they debated the l…

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee continued their questions of David Abernathy, the committee’s staff director of health. Members discussed the details of health care reform duri…

Members of the House ways and Means committee debated amendments to the Gibbons' health care reform bill during the second in a three part hearing.

Members of the committee asked questions of Mr. Abernathy and discussed the details of health care reform during the markup of the Gibbons bill. The members also voted on several amendments …

Members of the House Ways & Means Committee asked questions of Mr. Abernathy and discussed the details of health care reform legislation during the markup of the Gibbons bill. Amendments tha…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued its markup of healthcare reform legislation. Members asked staff director David Abernathy questions concerning the Gibbons health care reform pl…

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee met to go through health care legislation. The Ways and Means Committee is one of five congressional committees considering health care legislat…

Representatives examined the language of the proposed health care reform bill in detail in one of the several markup sessions conducted by the House Ways and Means Committee.

The House Ways and Means Committee began to mark up the Health Care Reform Bill. Members went through the legislation line by line and made final determinations about the language.

Following a short break, the Ways and Means Committee discussed the markup for the health care reform plan. REP. Jim McDermott, D-Washington spoke about his single-payer plan and Representat…

Minority staff members outlined the details of the minority health care reform plan during a markup hearing. Representative McDermott, himself a physician, spoke about his plan which is a si…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued its consideration of President Clinton’s health care reform proposal. The panel resumed its review of the president’s proposal today a markup ses…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued its consideration of President Clinton’s health care reform proposal. The panel resumed its review of the president’s proposal today in a markup …

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee continued work on day two of the President’s health care reform plan markup session. This was one of three House committees overseeing the bill.

Day one of a mark-up session in the House Ways and Means Committee for the Health Security Act of 1994. House Ways and Means was one of three House committees handling health care legislati…

The committee continued to mark up health care reform legislation.

The guests discussed the various alternatives to the Administration’s Health Security Act. Rep. Andrews supported the idea of managed competition. Rep. McDermott has proposed a single-payer …

Representative Michael Andrews (D-TX), a member of both the House Budget and Ways and Means Committees and of the Joint Economic Committee, discussed the Clinton administration’s budget prop…