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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified before the House Ways and Means Committee. The hearing, which was listed as a fiscal year 2016 budget hearing, centered on the Su…

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2016 budget.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2015 budget. In his opening statement he also addressed President Obama’s executive order regarding Russia’s i…

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified on the Health and Human Services Department fiscal year 2015 budget request. She said that there was no plan to delay the health care law’s individual m…

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2014 budget.*Topics addressed in the hearing included sequestration …

Witnesses testified on the history of the national debt limit, negotiations between past Congresses and presidents to raise the limit, and executive branch constitutional options when the de…

Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) talked about President Obama’s deficit reduction plan, Republican reaction, and what the proposal means for the work of the Joint Deficit Reduction Commi…

Representative Charles Rangel talked about raising the debt ceiling and the deficit cutting measures being considered in Congress, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communic…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget. He called President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget the first …

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2011 budget. Among the topics he addressed were economic sti…

Treasury Secretary Geithner gave an overview of President Obama’s budget proposals for fiscal year 2010. In his remarks he said the Obama administration would work with Congress to determine…

President Obama made closing remarks to members of Congress, senior administration officials, business leaders, policy makers and economists at a fiscal summit to examine fiscal responsibili…

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel talked by remote video from New York City about the stimulus bill being considered by Congress, how the stimulus would be financed, and how t…

Representative Charles Rangel talked about the $55.5 billion tax and energy bill (HR 6049) that he introduced, which the House debated and passed 263-150, and responded to telephone calls an…

Representative Rangel spoke about restoring bipartisanship to a divided Congress, issues before the House Ways and Means Committee, and developing working relationships with members of the o…

Representative Rangel, ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee, spoke about spending and tax plans in the U.S. House of Representatives. He discussed where the House stands in t…

The House Ways and Means Committee marked up the tax portion of the House budget reconciliation legislation. Mr. Yin testified about the likely impact of various proposals on fiscal and tax …

House Budget Committee ranking Democrat Rep. Spratt and others heard from interest group representatives talking about those who may be impacted by proposed budget cuts. Topics included decr…

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the future of Social Security. The hearing will focus on Social Security’s financial outlook and the program in the context of the federa…

Secretary Snow testified about President Bush’s budget request for fiscal year 2006. Among the topics he addressed were proposals to reform Social Security, spending cuts for various program…