Director of OMB Nomination Hearing
The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing about confirmation of the president’s nomination of Rob Portman to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget. He talked about the stat…
110 viewsThe Senate Budget Committee held a hearing about confirmation of the president’s nomination of Rob Portman to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget. He talked about the stat…
110 viewsMr. Bolton presented the Bush administration’s fiscal year 2007 federal budget proposal to the committee, presented charts, and answered questions. He also detailed the federal government’s …
69 viewsThe committee marked up a draft of the fiscal year 2006 Senate Spending Reconciliation that included $39 billion in spending cuts over a period of 5 years.
92 viewsThe Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the solvency of the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The PBGC was created by the Employee Retirement Income Security A…
148 viewsPortions of a mark-up hearing on the fiscal year 2006 federal budget were shown. Members offered and debated various amendments and proposals for revisions in the bill. This portion focus…
57 viewsPortions of a mark-up hearing on the fiscal year 2006 federal budget were shown. Members offered and debated various amendments and proposals for revisions in the bill.
72 viewsThe Senate Budget Committee marked up the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution. Topics of debate included Defense Department increases, and decreases in Medicaid payments to states. Senators D…
49 viewsThe Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Holtz-Eakin testified about the outlook for the U.S. economy. He presented baseline figures on where the federal budget stands today.…
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