Life and Career of Pete Domenici
Senator Pete Domenici spoke about his career in the Senate and his future as a private citizen. He was interviewed in his office prior to his retirement in January 2009, after having served …
5,873 viewsSenator Pete Domenici spoke about his career in the Senate and his future as a private citizen. He was interviewed in his office prior to his retirement in January 2009, after having served …
5,873 viewsFormer congressional leaders talked about the process of reaching their 1990 deficit agreement that eventually helped bring the federal budget into surplus. Topics included the major leaders…
941 viewsTreasury Secretary Jacob Lew spoke at a Bipartisan Policy Center forum on raising the debt ceiling. He urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling and said the government was likely to exhaust …
1,367 viewsFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Admiral Mike Mullen and other former national security officials talked about the impact of U.S. debt on national security. Among the topics they addre…
1,543 viewsA bipartisan group of former government officials and members of Congress talked about federal debt and the nation’s long-term fiscal challenges. All of the panelists agreed that political g…
451 viewsSenate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) outlined his committee’s efforts to write a proposal for changing the U.S. tax code. He said revenue must be part of tax reform efforts. Afte…
930 viewsOn the anniversary of their co-authored arms control legislation, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and former Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) talked about efforts to secure and dismantle weapons of mass…
301 viewsHouse 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.
247 viewsParticipants spoke about efforts to reduce the deficit through spending cuts and tax reform, as well as public perceptions of the various proposals offered over the prior few months. They re…
302 viewsSenators delivered speeches regarding the terrorist attacks that occurred the day before, on September 11th, 2001. They issued a joint-resolution condemning the terrorist attack.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,421 viewsAfter meeting with Democratic leaders, House and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Representative John Kasich (R-OH) and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) expressed their disappointment at Preside…
82 viewsRepublican congressional leaders met with reporters to respond to President Clinton’s announcement of the partial government shutdown.
501 viewsFormer Senator Pete Domenici and Joseph Minarik of the Bipartisan Policy Center talked about their proposed debt reduction and tax reform plan, and the plan released by President Obama’s Def…
197 viewsCommission members spoke to reporters and answered questions about the release of Restoring America’s Future, a “bipartisan, comprehensive, and politically viable budget plan to reduce the d…
301 viewsJudge Antonin Scalia responded to questions from committee members about his views regarding such topics as federal-state relationships, the Constitution, death penalty, abortion, national s…
10,465 viewsThe Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) launched its Debt Reduction Task Force, led by former Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Alice Rivlin, with budget experts, business and labor leaders, stakehol…
266 viewsSenators paid tribute to departing Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK). They praised his service during six terms in the Senate. Senator Stevens lost a re-election campaign in Alaska amid controversy…
522 viewsThe Senate passed a new version of the bill authorizing federal intervention in financial markets. The revision to the $700 billion rescue plan includes raising FDIC limits from $100,000 per…
View in Congressional Chronicle56,293 viewsThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on disaster recovery held a hearing on hurricanes Ike and Gustav. In the first panel, mayors of the cities of Houston, TX; …
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