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Participants talked about the Budget Conference Committee two-year agreement and its implications for congressional bipartisanship. The agreement at the time of this event had passed in the …

House and Senate Budget Committee conferees worked on a final version of the budget reconciliation bill, which attempts to balance the federal budget in seven years.

In a hearing on the fiscal year 2007 budget for the Department of Homeland Security, witnesses testified about the Secure Border Initiative. Topics included illegal border crossings, the ine…

The House & Senate Budget Committees held a hearing on the effects of a possible government shutdown if federal budget legislation was not passed by October 1. They heard testimony from Whit…

The Homeland Security Subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees met in conference on pending legislation. Issues included chemical security, immigration, prescription d…

Secretary Chertoff testified about border security operations and programs, immigration reform proposals, and appropriations for Department of Homeland Security operations. Topics included H…

Acting Director Paulison testifies about the Federal Emergency Management Agency fs funding requests within the fiscal year 2007 Homeland Security Department appropriations legislation. Amon…

Former Speaker of the House Jim Wright talked about his WWII memoir The Flying Circus: Pacific War, 1943, as Seen Through a Bombsight, published by The Lyons Press. Former Speaker Wright wa…

Rep. Sabo talked about a book he had enjoyed reading recently.