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U.S. House members debate a budget plan proposed by President Clinton.

The U.S. House met to discuss the Balanced Budget Bill

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

After meeting between Democratic Governors and Congressional Democratits to discuss the budget negotiations, Democratic congressional negotiators and several Democratic governors briefed rep…

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.

The U.S. House is returning from a recess. The House opened up with prayer and then went to one-minute speeches. The House session included debates on the FY '96 spending bill, the spending …

The House met to continue working on the Federal Budget.

House Rules Committee members debated the rules for debate for the budget reconciliation conference report. The rule was passed so the House could debate the measure the following day.

House of Representatives met for session to discuss bills.

News events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer calls.

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.

House Democratic leaders spoke at a press conference in the House Press Gallery about the vote on the continuing resolution and the debt limit extension. Representative Dick Gephardt (D-MO) …

The U.S. House of Representatives continued work on temporary bills that would fund most government programs and raise the U.S. debt limit. They considered whether to accept Senate changes t…

The House of Representatives continued their debate on the debt limit extension.

Members of the US House of Representatives debated on the debt limit extension bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives continued debate on the Budget Reconciliation Bill, which would cover seven years and change discretionary spending limits for FY'96-'98 and create new limi…