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Box 11: Briefings, Budget/Economy, 1994 - Briefings, General, August 1996

F 1:   Briefings, Budget/Economy, 1994.

Topics include welfare reform, Republicans putting families first in budget, economic conditions, and Bill Clinton. Correspondents include House Republican Conference and the Republican staff of the Joint Economic Committee.

F 2:   Briefings, Health Care, 1993-1994.

Topics include comparison of the Clinton health care plan and House Republican plan, medical savings account, sleep disorder, senior citizens, rural health care reform, and impact of Clinton plan on small business and on women. Correspondents include House Republican Conference, James Saxton, Porter Goss, Pat Roberts, Jim Nussle, Jim Ramstad, Jan Meyers, Deborah Pryce, and Jennifer Dunn.

F 3:   Briefings, Clipper Chip, 1994.

Folder contains material on pros and cons of Clinton administration proposal to put encryption chips into telephones and computers to guarantee privacy. Federal government would keep the “keys” allowing it to decode messages per court order. Correspondents include Bill McCollum and Don Edwards.

F 4:   Briefings, Crime, 1994.

Folder contains material from the House Republican Conference on crime statistics and miscellaneous legislation.

F 5:   Briefings, District Meetings, 1994.

F 6-7:   Briefings, District Meetings, April 1995.

Folders contain memos, charts, correspondence, and various printed material on issues important to the different constituents in Armey’s district in Texas for meetings in April 1995. Topics include Contract with America, small business, Medicare, telecommunications, and emissions testing. Folder 6 has several letters which Richard K. Armey signed along with numerous other members of Congress. These letters were typically to other members of government or to important business and professional people. The letters are on a variety of topics. Folder 7 includes a list of legislation Armey co-sponsored as well as numerous documents issued by the House Republican Conference. Correspondents include George W. Gekas (Folder 6) and Tom DeLay (Folder 6).

F 8:   Briefings, District Meetings, 1996.

F 9:   Briefings, District Meetings, February 1997.

Folder contains memos, charts, correspondence, and various printed material on issues important to the different constituents in Richard K. Armey’s district in Texas for meetings in February 1997. Topics include budget, Wright Amendment, health care, credit unions, aviation taxes, housing, federal aid to higher education, tort reform, Medicare, Medicaid, and tax reform. Folder also includes brief synopses of various legislation on the agenda of the 105th Congress.

F 10:   Briefings, District Meetings, March 1997.

Folder contains memos, charts, correspondence, and various printed material on issues important to the different constituents in Richard K. Armey’s district in Texas. Although the material in this folder was used for meetings held in March 1997, there is some duplication of items found in Folder 5. Topics include budget, senior citizens, Medicare, tort reform, defense, health care, credit unions, business, Brandon Silveria, aviation taxes, and tax reform. Folder also contains miscellaneous materials from the House Republican Conference, a flyer on education by Pete Hoekstra, and an analysis of the Clinton budget for fiscal year 1998.

F 11:   Briefings, District Meetings, May 1997.

Folder contains memos, charts, correspondence, and various printed material on issues important to the different constituents in Richard K. Armey’s district in Texas. The material in this folder was used for meetings held in May 1997. Topics include budget, home schooling, universal access charges, Israel, Texas welfare, and auto insurance. Folder contains material from the House Republican Conference and the House Budget Committee.

F 12:   Briefings, District Meetings, August 1997.

Folder contains memos, charts, correspondence, and various printed material on issues important to the different constituents in Armey’s district in Texas. The material in the folder was used for meetings held in August 1997. Topics include conservatism, tax reform, senior citizens, bankruptcy, B-2 bomber, budget, Contract with America, Medicare, auto insurance, and Wright Amendment. Folder includes numerous items from the House Republican Conference as well as a copy of a letter from some members of the Texas delegation re the Wright Amendment.

F 13:   Briefings, District Meetings, July 1998.

Folder contains memos and correspondence on issues important to the different constituents in Richard K. Armey’s district in Texas. The material in the folder was used for meetings held in July 1998. Topics include Medicare, trade with China, health care, and Internet.

F 14:   Briefings, District Meetings, August 1998.

Folder contains memos, correspondence, charts, and itineraries on issues important to the different constituents in Richard K. Armey’s district in Texas. The material in this folder was used for meetings held in August 1998. Topics include Ida Longo, education, patient’s rights, Y2K, conservatism, environment, welfare, national park spending, taxes, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “reachback” tax, and banking. Other items in the folder include a leaflet from TRIM as well as one from the National Impeach Clinton A.C.T.I.O.N. Committee. Folder also has a Dear Colleague letter from Ralph Regula.

F 15:   Briefings, General, n.d., 1985- July 1987.

Folder contains memos, notes, correspondence, talking points, and printed material to assist Richard K. Armey with speeches, meetings, and the press. Materials often give Armey’s position on issue. Topics include tax reform, budget, satellite transmission, Social Security, veterans, energy, labor, Superconducting Supercollider, trade, economy, congressional pay raise, Israel, Middle East, parental leave, housing, and urban homesteading.

F 16:   Briefings, General, August- December 1987.

Folder contains memos, notes, correspondence, talking points and printed material to assist Richard K. Armey with speeches, meetings, and the press. Materials often give Armey’s position on an issue. Topics include Democratic Party labor agenda, foreign affairs, steel industry, Sandinistas, privatization, defense, AIDS, clean air, and budget. Correspondents include Ronald Reagan (statement).

F 17:   Briefings, General, 1988-1989.

Folder contains memos, notes, correspondence, talking points and printed material to assist Armey with speeches, meetings, and the press. Materials often give Armey’s position on an issue. Topics include Middle East, public housing, Trade Expansion Act of 1987, labor, Texas thrifts, taxes, hazardous waste, Social Security, housing, George H. W. Bush, budget, energy, student loans, and U. S. military in Europe.

F 18:   Briefings, General, 1990-1992.

Folder contains memos, notes, correspondence, talking points and printed material to assist Richard K. Armey with speeches, meetings, and the press. Materials often give Armey’s position on an issue. Topics include General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Family and Medical Leave Act, Strike Breaker Bill, civil rights, Clarence Thomas, House banking scandal, Wright Amendment, family values, and budget. Correspondents include Matthew F. McHugh, AFL-CIO, and Communications Workers of America.

F 19:   Briefings, General, 1993- 1995.

Folder contains memos, notes, correspondence, talking points and printed material to assist Richard K. Armey with speeches, meetings, and the press. Materials often give Armey’s position on an issue. Topics include Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, budget, Whitewater, economy, Bosnia, disability programs, foreign oil dependency, and Contract with America. Folder has several documents issued by the House Republican Conference on a variety of issues. There is also a transcript from Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer interviewing Armey and Richard A. Gephardt mainly on Medicare and Medicaid.

F 20:   Briefings, General, February 1996.

Folder contains memos, notes, correspondence, talking points and printed material to assist Richard K. Armey with speeches, meetings, and the press. Materials often give Armey’s position on an issue. Topics include agriculture, health care, education, transportation, Federal Aviation Administration Revitalization Act, banking, Medicare, waste management, housing, Newt Gingrich, telecommunications, Travelgate, crime, and Bill Clinton. Folder has a large number of documents issued by the House Republican Conference. Correspondents include John J. Duncan Jr., Robert Livingston, and Frank Wolf.

F 21-23:   Briefings, General, April 1996.

Folders contain memos, notes, correspondence, talking points and printed material to assist Richard K. Armey with speeches, meetings, and the press. Materials often give Armey’s position on an issue. Topics include transportation, campaign finance reform, legal reform, Food and Drug Administration, health care, immigration, budget, Social Security, taxes, education, crime, agriculture, banking, welfare, environment, defense, veterans, Israel, Bill Clinton, tax reform, Medicare, gun control, school vouchers for District of Columbia, line-item veto, equal opportunity, war on drugs, and scandals in the Clinton administration. Folder has a large number of documents issued by the House Republican Conference. Correspondents include Robert Livingston (Folder 22), Charles T. Canady (Folder 23), Bill Goodling (Folder  23), John Porter (Folder  23), Bill McCollum (Folder 23), Mike Forbes (Folder 23), and Fred Upton (Folder 23).

F 24-26:   Briefings, General, August 1996.

 Folders contain memos, notes, correspondence, talking points and printed material to assist Richard K. Armey with speeches, meetings, and the press. Materials often give Armey’s position on an issue. Topics include Robert Dole, foreign affairs, agriculture, banking, environment, religious liberty, welfare reform, veterans, education, crime, labor, transportation, trade, budget, campaign finance reform, immigration, health care, Medicare, Social Security, taxes, patent reform, electronic tax payments, appropriations, public housing in Dallas, small business, religious freedom amendment, congressional reform, flat tax, terrorism, and Bill Clinton. Folder has a large number of documents issued by the House Republican Conference. Correspondents include John Rasich (Folder 26), Robert Livingston (Folder 26), Bob Stump (Folder 26), National Association of Manufacturers (Folder 26), Harold Rogers (Folder 26), and Republican leadership to Bill Clinton (Folder 26).