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House and Senate Conference Committee members met to work out differences in welfare reform legislation.

The Senate and House Budget Committees met in conference to reconcile their two versions of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution.

The Senate Budget Committee heard testimony from the CBO director on budget preparations and the economic forecast for the 1997 fiscal year.

Director Alice Rivlin testified on President Bill Clinton’s 1997 federal budget.

Committee members heard testimony concerning the growing cost of welfare for legal immigrants due to immigrants' inviting elderly family members to join them in the U.S. who soon become elig…

Committee members held the first markup session to work on the fiscal year 1996 budget.

The Senate Budget Committee approved a fiscal plan that would balance the federal budget over seven years while making drastic changes in the U.S. government. Democratic amendments to restor…

The Senate Budget Committee approved a fiscal plan that would balance the federal budget over seven years while making drastic changes in the U.S. government. Democratic amendments to restor…

Committee members continued a markup session to work on the fiscal year 1996 budget.

The Senate Budget Committee continued its markup of the fiscal year 1996 budget resolution. Members talked about cutting Medicare spending.

The Senate Budget Committee continued its markup of the FY 1996 Budget Resolution. Members spoke about fraud in the Earned Income Tax Credit program and its impact on the IRS being able to d…

Members of the Senate Budget Committee continued a markup session to work on the fiscal year 1996 budget. Members debated a number of amendments to the budget, but did not come to a resoluti…

Committee members continued a markup session to work on the fiscal year 1996 budget.

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on Medicare Future. The committee members heard testimony concerning the financial status of the Medicare program. C.B.O. estimates that the fund w…

Senate Budget Committee members heard testimony on ways to reduce the current federal payments to farmers. Prior to the hearing Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) wrote to Senate Budget Committee…

Committee members heard testimony concerning President Clinton’s 1996 budget from Ms. Tyson. Questions focused on such issues as deficit reduction, and how Congress can limit spending and th…

The Senate Budget Committee hears from Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Laura Tyson. The committee members heard testimony from administration econom…

Committee members heard testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, and other economic experts, concerning the state of the U.S. economy.

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.…