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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Obama’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal. He answered question on Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, tax code…

Secretary Sylvia Burwell testifies at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services fiscal year 2017 budget proposal. She urged Congress to fund the depar…

Members resumed debate and voting on amendments to S.Con.Res. 11, the Senate Republican budget resolution for fiscal year 2016.

Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed fiscal year 2016 budget, which included funding for federall…

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget request. He discussed many of the proposals in the $4 trillion plan, along…

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testified on the IRS' fiscal year 2016 budget request. He also spoke about tax scams and staffing shortages at the IRS President Oba…

The Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing about ongoing federal government efforts to protect Americans from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Witnesses included Health and Human S…

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chair General Martin Dempsey testified about the fiscal year 2015 defense budget request. They answered questions about the situations in Iraq …

The U.S. Senate convenes to resume consideration of S Con Res 8, the budget resolution for fiscal 2014, offered by Budget Committee Chairman Senator Patty Murray (D-WA).

Obama administration cabinet officials testified on the impact of sequestration on their departments. Some of the services that would be cut included Agriculture Department inspections, airp…

Senator Dan Coats (R-IN), ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, talked about the impact of the federal budget and debt concerns on U.S. foreign policy objec…

Witnesses testified on the effects of the “fiscal cliff” on the U.S. economy and the middle class, with a focus on sustaining long-term economic growth, reducing U.S. debt, and protecting th…

Secretary Steven Chu and and Herbert Allison testified on the Department of Energy loan guarantee program and its recent independent review.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified about the department’s fiscal year 2012 budget request.

Ben Bernanke testified on the U.S. economic outlook. Among his comments he said the economic recovery was close to faltering. He said the Federal Reserve was prepared to take additional step…

Senators debated the House Republicans' “Cut, Cap, and Balance” bill.

Republican senators spoke to reporters and answered questions about negotiations on raising the debt ceiling and efforts to reduce the deficit.

In the weekly Republican address Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) talked about the Federal budget deficit, government spending, and passing a balanced budget amendment.

Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen testified on the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2012 budget request. Among the topics they addressed were U.S. relations with Pakistan, the military capa…

Army Secretary John McHugh and Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey testified about the U.S. Army’s budget request and spending programs for fiscal year 2012.