Topic: U.S. House Budget Committee

Committee action starts clock on House health vote

AP Features - 178 days ago
A House committee has voted for fast-track rules for health care legislation, the first step toward a decisive floor vote on President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul.The 21-16 largely party-line vote in the House Budget Committee Monday was a procedural

Bernanke: Economy on Pace for '09 Turnaround

BusinessWeek - 462 days ago
The pace of economic contraction is slowing, indicating the economy could bottom out and then turn up later this year, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the House Budget Committee on June 3. He cited recent reports, including a flattening out

Governors Ask Congress To Replace Guard Gear

National Guard - 673 days ago
The nation's governors sent a letter to lawmakers last month urging them to add perhaps billions of dollars to the fiscal 2008 defense budget to replace National Guard equipment damaged or left behind in Iraq and Afghanistan.The letter, sent by ...