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House and Senate Budget Committee conferees worked on a final version of the budget reconciliation bill, which attempts to balance the federal budget in seven years.

The House & Senate Budget Committees held a hearing on the effects of a possible government shutdown if federal budget legislation was not passed by October 1. They heard testimony from Whit…

Congressional negotiators talked about how to combine three emergency spending measures for military action in Yugoslavia, other defense spending, and aid to disaster victims in Central Amer…

House and Senate Conference Committee members met to work out differences in welfare reform legislation.

The Senate and House Budget Committees met in conference to reconcile their two versions of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution.

Congressional budget negotiators briefed reporters on their meeting with Congressional Budget Office director June O’Neill.

Democratic and Republican budget negotiators briefed reporters on the results of their latest meeting. Mr. Leon Panetta the White House Chief of Staff criticized the Republicans for not talk…

Republicans and Democrats talked with reporters about federal budget negotiations.

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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted this hearing where participants discussed the areas of budget disagreement, and how they can be reconciled.