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A memorial service was held for Eli J. Segal, who died in February. Mr.. Segal headed President Clinton’s national service program after serving as his 1992 campaign chief of staff. After wo…

The Woodrow Wilson Center hosted a discussion titled “Budgeting During Wartime.” Participants talked about budget priorities during wartime. Donald Wolfensberger, the Congress Project Dire…

White House officials released the third and final report of the Clinton-Gore administration electronic commerce working group and answered questions from the media. Following that, Mr. Siew…

Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about a decision by Republican leadership to abandon a budget deal worked out by negotiators the night before. They accused Republicans of bowing to bus…

White House Budget Director Jack Lew spoke about the administration’s budget priorities. He concentrated on the need to make realistic choices about domestic programs in light of proposed ta…

Committee members heard testimony about the efficacy of the Office of Management and Budget. Committee members directed questions pertaining to the functions of the office at the office memb…

Witnesses testified about various proposals on the establishment of a two-year budget and appropriations cycle in an effort to develop consensus legislation that will streamline the budget p…

Mr. Lew testified about President Clinton’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2001 which included a plan to pay off the national debt by 2013, provided increased funds for education and health…

Officials spoke to reporters about the president’s fiscal year 2001 budget proposal. The budget included a plan to pay off the national debt by 2013, provided for modest tax cuts, increased …

Administration officials talked to reporters about a budget agreement reached with Republicans and declared victory for including several key programs including additional funds for hiring t…

Expressing disappointment with the progress of federal budget negotiations, Democratic leaders and administration officials criticized Republican congressional leaders for not accepting Demo…

After their meeting at the U.S. Capitol, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Missouri) talked with reporters about the status of…

Senator Daschle, Representative Gephardt, and others talked to reporters about the budget negotiations. They criticized Republican leadership for the use of the Social Security surplus to ba…

Democratic minority leaders and Mr. Lew spoke to reporters about a Republican budget plan criticizing the plan’s provision to delay earned income credit payments as cynical and mean-spirited…

Representative Richard Gephardt, Democrat from Missouri, and others talked to reporters about the appropriations process. They stressed that Republican leaders are breaking their promises b…

Jacob Lew, White House Budget Director, spoke about President Clinton’s announcement that the budget surplus for fiscal year 1999 was $115 billion and about the administration’s fiscal pol…

White House Budget Director Jack Lew talked about pending legislation which would provide a roughly $800 billion tax cut over the next ten years. He said that the Republican plan would not s…

Democratic leaders talked to reporters about a Republican proposal for a tax cut. They contrasted that plan to their own saying that the Democratic plan included a reasonable tax cut and pro…

Members of the President’s economic team briefed reporters on the federal budget and tax policy, including Medicare and Social Security initiatives. White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart…

Administration officials discussed President Bill Clinton’s plan for the budget surplus, including extending solvency for Medicare and Social Security, establishing an education trust fund, …