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The committee worked on an initial draft of the Democratic Party platform prior to next month’s Democratic national convention in Chicago. Georgia Governor Zell Miller chaired the meeting. T…

The National Governors' Association met in Baltimore, Maryland to discuss how Federal, State, and Local Governments better provide services for children and their families. Participants incl…

Governors and state legislators talked to reporters about their meeting in which they discussed the logistics and agenda for a “Conference of the States,” which would seek to bring more powe…

The Senate Governmental-Affairs & Budget Committee members heard testimony on the impact of unfunded federal mandates on state and local government and the implications of their elimination.…

The Coalition of State and Local Legislative Groups held a briefing on the agenda for the 104th Congress in which they discussed unfunded mandates, the Clean Air Act, fair labor standards, s…

The participants talked about their concern with the balanced budget amendment, specifically unfunded mandates and their impact on state legislatures.

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing on welfare reform resumed after a recess.

Witnesses testified about the welfare system and the impact that reform would have on low-income families throughout the U.S.

Several policy analysts and public officials testified during a regional hearing of the President’s Welfare Reform Working Group on the existing welfare policy of the U.S. and initiatives to…

Members of the Democratic National Platform Committee and the Democratic National Convention Committee heard testimony from constituents, officials, and representatives of special interest g…