Presidential Economic Address
President Bill Clinton announced his economic program in his first address to a joint session of Congress. He proposed a stringent system of tax increases and spending cuts intended to reduc…
3,913 viewsPresident Bill Clinton announced his economic program in his first address to a joint session of Congress. He proposed a stringent system of tax increases and spending cuts intended to reduc…
3,913 viewsCurrent and former Republican members of Congress and representatives of conservative organizations spoke at a news conference to announce the release of the “Putting Jobs and the American F…
104 viewsRepublican leaders spoke in a news conference to criticize the Clinton administration’s economic program for failing to reduce taxes on America’s middle class and failing to reduce federal s…
41 viewsIn an excerpt from the U.S. Senate, senators continued to debate the Clinton administration’s economic package, including initiatives to stimulate the economy and reduce the deficit.
18 viewsIn an excerpt from the session of the U.S. Senate, senators debated the passage of the Clinton administration’s economic stimulus package. Opponents of the legislation have prevented clotur…
34 viewsRepresentative Robert Michel, R-Illinois, delivered the Republican response to President Clinton’s weekly radio address. He discussed the president’s first one hundred days and the prospects…
61 viewsPresident Bill Clinton delivered his weekly radio speech in which he encouraged all Americans to support his economic proposals, insisting that his first one hundred days have been very succ…
50 viewsIn an excerpt from the session of the U.S. House of Representatives, members debated the economic program forwarded by the Clinton administration in one minute speeches.
33 viewsWhite House reporter for the Christian Science Monitor Michael Ingwerson discussed his coverage of the Clinton administration and specifically, the impact of the defeat of President Clinton’…
40 viewsU.S. Representative Major Owens (D-NY) and U.S. Representatives Philip Crane (R-IL) were guest on Viewer Call-In program. The guests discussed the political impact of the Senate’s defeat of …
43 viewsIn an excerpt from the session of the House of Representatives, members debated legislation that would provide $4 billion of funding for the extension of unemployment benefits for jobless wo…
168 viewsViewers phoned in to talk about their thoughts on the recent events in the news such as the defeat of the president’s economic stimulus package in the Senate and the conclusion to the stando…
65 viewsSen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) talked about the economic stimulus plan proposed by the Clinton administration. He spoke about the Democrats' failure to break the Republican filibuster on t…
44 viewsRepresentative John Doolittle (R-California) participated in a live call-in program. He spoke about President Clinton’s economic stimulus package.
35 viewsSenate Minority Leader Dole spoke to reporters in a news conference after Senate Republicans successfully prevented the Clinton administration’s economic stimulus legislation from coming to …
35 viewsSenator Pryor discussed the Republicans' filibuster of Clinton’s economic stimulus package in the Senate and reacted to the outcome of the standoff in Waco, Texas involving the Branch Davidi…
38 viewsSenator Phil Gramm (R-Texas) participated in a live call-in program. He spoke about his opposition to President Bill Clinton’s proposed economic stimulus package and gave brief comments on t…
22 viewsSenator Gramm met with Rep. Zeliff’s First District constituents in a town hall forum. He spoke about President Clinton’s economic stimulus package and Republican alternatives to it. Followi…
31 viewsLabor Secretary Robert Reich participated in a live call-in program. He spoke about the jobs package proposed by the Clinton administration and its importance to the President’s strategies i…
31 viewsMr. Cohen assessed President Clinton’s first one hundred days in office and discussed the politics behind the debate in the Senate surrounding the Clinton administration’s proposed economic …
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