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This House session reviewed and modified two bills. HR4579 is the Tax Payer Relief Act of 1998 and HR4578 is a bill to establish protection of the Social Security Account.

House Ways and Means Subcommittee members heard testimony from government officials and scholars regarding Social Security and personal savings accounts. Panelists talked about the possible …

Committee members heard testimony from several members of Congress and others on Social Security reform and the creation of an expert panel to recommend solutions to Congress. They testified…

Committee members debated final language on H.R. 2676, Rep. Archer’s bill designed to reform the Internal Revenue Service. The bill is based on the National Commission on Restructuring the I…

The House ways and Means Subcommittee chaired by Representative Phil Crane, R- Illinois, heard testimony from members of Congress, labor and business leaders. Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade…

House Ways and Means Subcommittee members heard testimony from Social Security Administration, government auditors and others concerning the online availability of Social Security data.

The 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…

House and Senate conferees met to eliminate the differences in the tax provisions of the House and Senate versions of the budget reconciliation bill. Members debated where the proposed cuts …

Members of the House Ways and Means committee gathered for a markup session on tax proposals for the 1998 fiscal year.

In a live portion, committte members continued progressing through tax legislation line by line which is designed to cut taxes by $85 billion over the next five years as part of the 1998 bud…

In a live portion, committee members continued progressin through tax legislation line by line which is designed to cut taxes by $85 billion over the next five years as part of the 1998 budg…

In their first markup session on this tax legislation, House Ways and Means Committte members progressed through tax legislation line by line which is designed to cut taxes by $85 billion ov…

In a portion, committte members progressed through tax legislation line by line which is designed to cut taxes by $85 billion over the next five years as part of the 1998 budget resolution. …

Representative Bill Archer (R-TX) outlined Republican tax cut proposals. He highlighted some of its key provisions, including child tax credits, education tax credits and estate tax cuts. He…

Rep. Archer, government officials and others testified about the budget proposal of the Internal Revenue Service, as well as the agency’s recent performance and reform efforts. They said tha…

House Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee members heard testimony concerning IRS services to taxpayers over the past tax season. Lee Monks, the chief taxpayer advocate within the IRS, and fi…

The House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin concerning President Bill Clinton’s Fiscal Year 1998 Budget. Secretary Rubin testified about the taxes a…