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The House of Representatives debated the use of military force with Iraq. Note: there is recording problems due to solar flares at around 16:50 hours.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,270 viewsThe House of Representatives debated the use of military force with Iraq. Note: there is recording problems due to solar flares at around 16:50 hours.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,270 viewsFirst 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…
310 viewsWitnesses testified on the effects that President Ronald Reagan’s proposed tax reform will have on the Life insurance industry.
474 viewsWitnesses testified about proposals to provide prescription medication programs through Medicare. Among the issues they addressed were the costs of medicine and funding Medicare.
288 viewsWitnesses testified about the Internal Revenue Service budget, tax filing, audit practices, and operational and performance goals of the IRS.
115 viewsSecretary O’Neill testified about the president’s 2003 budget request. The budget contained increased spending on defense, provisions for tax cuts, and cuts in several other federal programs…
81 viewsSecretary Thompson talked about the president’s health care agenda and the proposed budget for his department. Among the issues he addressed were prescription drug coverage, Medicare and wel…
70 viewsCommittee members debated changes and amendments to a proposed economic stimulus package designed to bolster the economy following September terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
188 viewsSecretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson testified before the House Ways and Means committee on the George W. Bush administration’s principles to strengthen and modernize Medica…
114 viewsSecretary O’Neill testified about President Bush’s tax cut proposal. A panel of economists also testified about the proposed legislation.
89 viewsRepresentatives and their families posed with Speaker Hastert to take photographs commemorating their swearing-in earlier in the day.
201 viewsThe House is expected to take up a number of measures today, including: H.R. 5117, the Missing Children Tax Fairness Act of 2000, H.R. 2572, the Apollo Exploration Award Act, H.R. 4946, the…
View in Congressional Chronicle554 viewsBills Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 4528-4539; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 334-335, were introduced. Pages H3812-13 Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: Confere…
View in Congressional Chronicle410 viewsCommittee members met to mark up legislation granting China normal trade relations. Topics under discussion were amendments to the legislation, human rights violations in China, and how to p…
202 viewsBills Introduced: 35 public bills, H.R. 3610-3644; 2 private bills, H.R. 3645-3646; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 248-249, were introduced. Pages H339-41 Reports Filed: Reports were f…
View in Congressional Chronicle361 viewsSecretary Summers, with the help of Ms. Mathews, testified on issues in the administration’s budget recommendations including the marriage tax penalty, Medicare, and the future of Social S…
81 viewsWitnesses 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…
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