U.S. Economy and Federal Debt
Ben Bernanke made the keynote address at a conference on the U.S. economy and the federal debt ceiling. In his remarks he said that “failing to raise the debt ceiling in a timely way would b…
1,042 viewsBen Bernanke made the keynote address at a conference on the U.S. economy and the federal debt ceiling. In his remarks he said that “failing to raise the debt ceiling in a timely way would b…
1,042 viewsThe House Ways and Means committee heard testimony from Witnesses about how to use the budget surplus prudently.
130 viewsThe panelists talked how reform would affect certain groups of the population. They focused on how individual accounts that have been proposed would hurt women in the system because they wou…
103 viewsCongressional Budget Office Director June O’Neill moderated this panel of federal budget correspondents on how the press covers the federal budget process. They discussed issues such as how …
65 viewsBudget experts from Congress and the White House discussed the political and fiscal prospects of balancing the budget by 2002. They discussed issues such as the need for a constitutional ame…
101 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
89 viewsCurrent and former congressional and executive budgetary officials, business leaders and others gathered to discuss the role of accounting and scoring in the federal budget process. They exa…
143 viewsPaul Volcker talked about the federal budget and its relation to the U.S. economy. He also took questions from the audience.
34 viewsAdministration officials, members of Congress and other dignitaries paid tribute to Henry Bellman and Robert Giamo, the founders of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget who were ap…
66 viewsThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a discussion where participants spoke on the status of federal budget negotiations.
28 viewsThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a forum as part of their annual meeting, that featured administration officials and others to talk about balancing the federal budget. T…
24 viewsNews events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer calls.
88 viewsHouse and Senate budget committee members, former members of Congress, White House analysts and other scholars discussed the effectiveness of the various congressional budget acts, and how t…
118 viewsThe participants discussed the effects of increased entitlement spending on U.S. economic growth. The session was titled, “What Cannot Go on Forever Must Stop,” which referred to the fact th…
45 viewsCommittee For Responsible Federal Budget President Carol Cox-Wait discussed the debate this week in the Senate concerning President Clinton’s budget plan. Ms. Cox-Wait served as a Senate Bud…
32 viewsParticipants of the forum sponsored by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget examined various options available to Congress and the Bush administration when the negotiations for nex…
63 viewsParticipants discussed the federal budget process and the feasibility of a budget enforcement agency.
48 viewsThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget met to discuss budget concerns.
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