[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6020]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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 SENATE RESOLUTION 145--DESIGNATING APRIL 15, 2011, AS ``NATIONAL TEA 
                              PARTY DAY''

  Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 145

       Whereas the deficit, as of April 15, 2011, is the third 
     consecutive deficit in excess of $1,000,000,000,000 in 3 
     years, and in the history of the United States;
       Whereas the taxpayers of the United States understand that 
     the so-called ``Stimulus Bill'', the American Recovery and 
     Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), included a 
     laundry list of spending projects that has only increased our 
     national debt;
       Whereas passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
     Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) was undertaken with guarantees 
     of restricting unemployment to levels equal to or less than 8 
     percent, yet unemployment rates have consistently exceeded 8 
     percent;
       Whereas Congress should pass, and the States should ratify, 
     a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution to ensure 
     structural reform that will force Congress and the President 
     to balance the budget;
       Whereas future bailouts of Wall Street have been codified 
     by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
     Act (Public Law 111-203);
       Whereas the taxpayers of the United States understand that 
     the bailouts of Wall Street by the United States Government 
     have been ineffective and a waste of taxpayer funding;
       Whereas the Federal Government must borrow approximately 40 
     cents of every dollar of Federal spending, causing our Nation 
     to continue on an unsustainable path of increasing debt;
       Whereas Congress should enact permanently lower tax rates 
     and a simpler tax code so that taxpayers and business owners 
     no longer face heavy compliance costs and the uncertainty of 
     tax rates that increase automatically;
       Whereas the taxpayers of the United States agree that the 
     United States Government should stop wasteful spending, 
     reduce the tax burden on families and businesses, and focus 
     on policies that will lead to job creation and economic 
     growth; and
       Whereas taxpayers in the United States are expressing their 
     opposition to efforts to raise taxes, the unsustainable debt, 
     the failure to enact systematic budget reforms, and 
     skyrocketing spending by the United States Government by 
     organizing ``Taxed Enough Already'' parties, also known as 
     ``TEA'' parties: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate designates April 15, 2011, as 
     ``National TEA Party Day''.

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