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This was the last hearing of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement. The goal of the commission was to recommend ways to help control entitlement spending. Some approaches include cutting …

Bi-Partisan Commission on Entitlement & Tax Reform members heard testimony from representatvies of several groups concerning procedures for reforming entitlement programs and the tax structu…

Representatives Penny and Kasich introduced a bipartisan package to make additional cuts in the federal budget and reduce the budget deficit. Ms. Rivlin outlined the president’s opposition o…

In an excerpt from the session of the House, members debated the Clinton administration’s deficit reduction plan due to come up for a vote later in the day.

The committee heard testimony from members of Congress on H.R. 2264, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The legislation contains the tax increases and spending cuts proposed by the Clint…

Representative John McMillan(R-NC), member of the House Budget Committee, spoke about the Clinton economic plan under consideration by Congress. He criticized the administration’s program, s…

Members of the Budget committee met to talk about the language and amendments to the 1993 Budget Reconciliation Act, the administration’s tax increase and deficit reduction legislation. The…

The House Budget Committee met to work on draft legislation for the fiscal year 1994 budget resolution. The House measure would require $63 billion more in spending cuts over the next five y…

The committee heard testimony from Secretary Bentsen and Ms. Rivlin on the tax increases and government spending cuts in the economic program recently introduced by President Clinton. The he…

The committee received the Mid-Session Budget Review of the Office of Management and Budget. The Office of Management and Budget is responsible for making yearly predictions on economic grow…

HJR 290: A resolution to propose an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax le…

The House discussed and voted on H RES 462, H R 4990, H RES 463 and H CON RES 287.

The House Budget Committee heard testimony from three economic policy analysts and a former member of Congress on the practicality and ramifications of a Constitutional amendment requiring t…

The committee heard testimony on proposals for a Constitutional amendment that would force the federal government to balance its annual budget. Witnesses included the head of the Office of M…

The House Budget Committee heard testimony from financial analysts on proposed Constitutional amendments that would mandate a balanced federal budget.

HCR 287: A resolution to set forth the congressional budget for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. HR 386: The rule providing for the consideration of HCR 287. Mr. Antonia …

Members of the committee held a hearing to discuss tax proposals in the Bush administration’s fiscal year 1993 federal budget. This hearing was just one of a series of public forums being he…

The House Budget Committee began reviewing the Bush administration’s $1.5 trillion budget proposal. Richard Darman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, elaborated on some of the…

Representative Alex McMillan(R-NC), a member of the House Budget Committee, reviewed the president’s new budget proposal, and discussed today’s hearing on it.

Participants discussed the federal budget process and the feasibility of a budget enforcement agency.