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Senate Republicans responded to President Bill Clinton’s announcement today of the first balanced budget in 29 years. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), chair of the Senate Budget Committee, and …

The witnesses testified about the current economic collapse in Asia and how their problems affect the U.S. economy.

In the wake of the bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, witnesses testified about security problems at State Department facilities and the costs of upgrading security at those fa…

Social Security Task Force members heard testimony from Chairman Greenspan and two Government Accounting Office on the future status of the Social Security system. They testified about the s…

Senate Budget committee members heard from Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Former Secretary of Education for the Reagan Administration ,William Bennett, on the role of the federal g…

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

The Senate Budget Committee made final revisions to the 1998 Budget Resolution. Members progressed through the bill line by line, examining the bill’s text and amendments, before sending it…

Committee members and their staff discussed areas of agreement and disagreement between President Clinton’s 1998 budget proposal and one recently released by a coalition of House Democrats. …

Committee members heard testimony from Mr. Raines concerning the president’s fiscal year 1998 budget proposal and his five-year plan to balance the budget. The proposal contains $1.69 trilli…

The committee heard testimony from Director O’Neill on the Congressional Budget Office’s annual report on the U.S. economy and the budget outlook. She said that the budget deficit is lower t…

Senate Budget Committee members heard testimony from administration officials and others concerning the president’s latest Medicare changes as part of his balanced budget proposal. Much of t…

Committee members heard testimony from Chairman Greenspan in one of the regular hearings with him on the recent performance of the U.S. economy. He stated that the economy has done better th…