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Witnesses testified regarding Internal Revenue Service efforts to collect taxes on tip income. Among the topics addressed were the Tip Reporting Alternative Commitment program, the aggregate…

As part of a conference entitled “House Ways and Means Committee Bicentennial Symposium: Three Decades of Change,” Schick, a scholar who has written extensively on the Ways and Means Committ…

The committee worked on a markup of corporate tax legislation. This program is incomplete.

Witnesses testified about the Internal Revenue Service budget and tax filing issues. Among the issues they addressed were auditing for tax evasion, funding for enforcement measures, and simp…

Witnesses testified before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee regarding the implementation of the Medicare Drug Discount Card program. Among the specific issues addressed were the …

Witnesses testified about a recent report on Social Security and Medicare trust funds. They focused on cost estimates for prescription drug benefits and miscalculations of the costs prior to…

Officials testified about an annual report from the Board of Trustees on Social Security and Medicare and its predictions about the programs' insolvency. Mr. Foster also talked about his cos…

Secretary Thompson testified about the president’s proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Among the topics he addressed were cost estimates for a Medicare prescript…

Secretary Snow testified about President Bush’s fiscal year 2005 federal budget proposal. He was questioned about unemployment, veterans' benefits, tax cuts, the Medicare Trust Fund, the Ira…

Witnesses testified about a New Jersey case in which four children were allegedly starved by their parents. Among the issues they addressed were state responses to the case, the foster care …

Testimony was heard about the activities of consumer credit counseling agencies because of reports that many of the more recently established organizations abuse their non-profit status, off…

The committee heard testimony about U.S. economic relations with China. There was testimony that China is an important but unstable market. China is working to develop its own industries but…

Secretary Snow testified about the Treasury Department’s Report on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policy. Topics included Japanese and Chinese exchange rates, the need for flexible…

House and Senate negotiators debated Medicare prescription drug legislation. Two very different bills were passed by the House and the Senate and the committee worked toward reconciling them…

Witnesses testified about various government programs and measures to prevent fraud, waste and abuse. They also talked about ways to modernize programs to ensure greater fiscal responsibilit…

The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee held a hearing on the use and misuse of social security numbers. Witnesses from the General Accounting Office and the Social Security Ad…

The legislators talked about the work that had been done so far on the Medicare bill, and what still had to be done. They focused on how to improve and simplify Medicare regulations while st…

Members met in conference to discuss differences in versions of legislation to expand Medicare to include a prescription drug benefit.

Witnesses testified about various research funded by the National Institutes of Health.