Are Term Limits the Answer?
Three supporters and three opponents of political term limits examined whether term limits would address such problems as special interest influence and the power of incumbents. The event w…
240 viewsThree supporters and three opponents of political term limits examined whether term limits would address such problems as special interest influence and the power of incumbents. The event w…
240 viewsRobert Greenstein and Mr. Keating talked about the tax policies of the Bush Administration and Congress. The House was scheduled to debate a bill that week to make last year’s tax cuts perma…
52 viewsMembers of Congress and leaders of interest groups spoke to reporters about changing tax policy to make it more streamlined and less burdensome to the American people.
144 viewsWitnesses testified about restructuring efforts at the Internal Revenue Service. Among the issues they addressed were electronic filing, employee morale at field offices, methods to ensure v…
85 viewsThe House Ways & Means Subcommittee members met for the first in a series of hearings to hear testimony on the bipartisan, bicameral National Commission on Restructuring the IRS report. Memb…
156 viewsRepresentatives of the U.S. Conservative Union announced a bus tour to take the conservative health care plan to the people. Representatives Armey and Zimmer discussed their concerns with th…
93 viewsThis was a capitol conference to discuss the so-called “A to Z” spending cuts proposal, which proposed to set aside up to 56 hours of debate for nothing but spending cut proposals. In this p…
38 viewsDavid Keating presented the ratings of congressmen based upon the degree to which they support the current level of spending in the federal government.
59 viewsCitizens Against Rationing Health held a press conference comparing various health care reform plans.
37 viewsMr. Davidson, Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Keating spoke in a news conference at the National Press Club to announce the release of a survey on the government spending policies of individual members o…
33 viewsHouse Republicans and representatives of consumer groups spoke in a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol to publicize their efforts to eliminate the BTU tax in the Clinton administration…
1,012 viewsThe speakers talked about the proposed balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. They emphasized that such an amendment was unlikely to originate in Congress, so states must organize in…
31 viewsNational Taxpayers Union gave a news conference on the release of its “1991 Rating of Congress” report. Revealing what it considers the most frugal and biggest spenders in Congress.
36 viewsThe Conservative Political Action Conference held their national Convention where they discussed the upcoming presidential election, the American education system, and current events in the …
90 viewsDavid Keating, Executive Vice President of the National Taxpayers Union, the discussed tax returns, Internal Revenue Service audits, and other taxpayers' rights.
35 viewsRepresentatives of taxpayers associations from several states focused on the tax initiatives and referenda for tax limits or cuts that were expected to be on their state ballots in November …
40 viewsNews conference during which conservative leaders responded to President Bush’s June 26 statements regarding taxes and the fiscal year 1991 budget.
52 viewsThe guests discuss the upcoming budget summit and the possibility of a tax increase.
50 viewsThe House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee continued to hear testimony on the Social Security Solvency Prevention Act.
145 viewsIn this news conference held by Coalitions for America, representatives of various groups that opposed a proposed pay raise for members of Congress took questions from reporters. Included in…
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