Videos

The House Ways and Means Committee members held a markup session to reform the national welfare system. During the markup session members go through a bill detail, revising language and maki…

Committee members held a markup session on welfare reform legislation. During a markup session members go through a bill in detail, revising language and making changes.

Committee members held a markup session on welfare reform legislation. During a markup session members go through a bill in detail, revising language and making changes.

In highly partisan hearing, members of the committee debated the president’s Economic Recovery Plan. Following the hearing, C-SPAN opened its phone lines for viewers to give their reaction. …

This is the second part of a conference called, “Social Security: The Inter-Generational Compact.” Committee members focused on the treatment of Social Security trust funds in the federal b…

Experts talked about ways to finance federal children’s programs. Topics included priorities, taxation, role of states, immunizations, and drug-addicted mothers.

The conferees met to resolve differences between Senate and House-passed versions of H.J.Res. 324, a provision to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. Senator Bentsen of Texas …

Wendell Primus and John Calvin discussed the federal debt ceiling and the possibility of sequester. They answered questions from viewers.

House and Senate conferees discussed raising the federal debt limit before the government defaults.

House and Senate staff members explained the individual proposals and answered committee members' questions.