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Budget experts from Congress and the White House discussed the political and fiscal prospects of balancing the budget by 2002. They discussed issues such as the need for a constitutional ame…

The co-authors of a new book, A Nation in Debt, A Generation in Trouble, talked about federal spending, so-called generational justice and economic campaign issues. They took questions from …

The Concord Coalition released its second annual “Deficit Reduction Congressional Scorecard,” which rates members of Congress based on their votes concerning deficit reduction. The coalition…

The participants discussed the effects of increased entitlement spending on U.S. economic growth. The session was titled, “What Cannot Go on Forever Must Stop,” which referred to the fact th…

Empower America held a forum to discus Entitlement Reform and the Deficit. Participants discussed the politics of deficit reduction and entitlement reform. The difficulties with changing C…

Representative Timothy Penny (D-MN) joined the President of Citizens Against Government Waste, Tom Schatz, in berating congressional pork barreling and helped present awards to a number of m…

Representative Timothy Penny (D-Minnesota) spoke to the Maryland chapter of the Concord Coalition, a grass roots organization attempting to find ways to end the federal deficit. He gave his …

Representative Tim Penny (D-Minnesota) and Representative John Kasich (R-Ohio) spoke to reporters about losing the vote on the Penny-Kasich Amendment, a measure that would have reduced the d…

The U.S. House of Representatives considered the Penny-Kasich Amendment to the Government Reform and Savings Act. The Penny-Kasich Amendment proposes $90.4 billion in spending cuts, 40 perce…

Representative Timothy Penny (D-Minnesota) and Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) discussed their plans for cutting the Fiscal Year 1994 Federal Budget and reducing the deficit. R…

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…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4982, which promoted the study of mathematics and science in elementary schools and to provide training for mathematics and science teacher…

The Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation held a conference to look at the taxes, the deficit and the economy. Featured speakers included Congressman Tim Penny of Minnesota, Congressman La…