PUBLIC DEBT

Addresses

Building a Better Economic Future, Paul A. Volcker, 13523 [24MY]

Challenge of the Deficit—America at a Crossroads, Willard C. Butcher, 28332 [19OC]

Deficit—Challenge and Risk, Senator Dole, 31703 [9NO]

Deficits Matter, Senator Chiles, 21124 [27JY]

In Support of a Capital Budget, David J. Mahoney, 9554 [21AP]

Budget: first concurrent (H. Con. Res. 91), 17030 [23JN]

———first concurrent (H. Con. Res. 91), unanimous-consent agreement, 16979 [23JN]

Public debt limit: increase (H.J. Res. 308), 29539, 29550 [27OC], 29809-29811, 29823, 29829, 29840, 29841 [28OC], 29918, 29923, 29941, 29944 [29OC], 30041-30043, 30046-30047, 30053, 30060, 30069, 30114, 30123, 30125, 30143, 30144-30146 [31OC]

———temporary increase (H.R. 2990), 12535 [17MY], 12739 [18MY], 13769, 13844 [25MY], 29592 [27OC], 29916 [29OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.J. Res. 308, increasing the public debt ceiling, 33398 [17NO]

Articles and editorials

Administration's Commitment to Federalism, 10679 [3MY]

America Has Run Out of Money, Run Out of Time, 2262 [15FE]

Awful News, 13289 [23MY]

Credit Trap, 3427 [1MR]

Cut in Budget, 19077 [13JY]

Dealing Decisively With the Deficit Requires Cuts in Federal Spending, 34829 [18NO]

Deficit of Candor, 15305 [9JN]

Deficit Spending (excerpt), 30350 [1NO]

Deficits in Multi-Billions Will Not Quit (series), 31712 [9NO]

Do Deficits Matter? Wait Until the Cows Come Home, 28048 [17OC]

Dole Hails Social Security Compromise—Predicts Congressional Approval, 418 [26JA]

Economist Says Deficits Aren't Critical Factor, 6067 [17MR]

Federal Deficit Grows in Part From Doing Too Much for Too Many, 28227 [18OC]

Ford Urges Swift Action on Deficits, 30977 [4NO]

Guide to Crowding Out, 24245-24247 [14SE]

How Double Deficits Are Distorting the Economy, 32795 [15NO]

If the Economy Falters, We'll Lose the Deficit Battle, 20466 [21JY]

IMF Helps To Make the Debt Problems Worse, 33695 [17NO]

Missing Trillion Dollars, 1782 [3FE]

More Growth and Less Federal Aid Mean New Problems for Rural Areas, 11785 [11MY]

MVPQ Formula Is the Root Cause of Inflation, 29686 [27OC]

Of Soup Lines and the National Debt, 16696 [21JN]

President and Productivity, 14084 [26MY]

Problems Plaguing Federal Fiscal Policy (sundry), 16904 [22JN]

Reagan Pressing Congress on Debt, 32853 [16NO]

Reagan's World Versus the Real One—He Left Out a Few Facts in His Defense of Reagonomics, 2553 [17FE]

Rise of Federal Spending Under Reagan, 2710 [22FE]

Showdown on Deficit Panic This Week, 32852 [16NO]

Spending Cuts a Myth, 21526 [28JY]

Stockman Is Still Cooking the Numbers—Now He Wants Us To Believe Reagan Is Fair, 23046 [4AU]

Tighter Supervision Needed on Foreign Loans, 2897 [24FE]

To Cut or Not To Cut, 14440 [3JN]

Treating Symptoms—Not Problems, 33915 [17NO]

Trillion Here, a Trillion There, 17433 [27JN]

USA's Debt, 31291 [7NO]

Victory Without War?, 20467 [21JY]

Wacky Fable, Or Is It?, 7264 [24MR]

Washington—Less Red Ink, 2297-2299 [16FE]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: constitutional amendment to provide balanced (see H.J. Res. 94)

———provide balanced (see H.R. 1614)

Commission on Deficit Reduction: establish (see S. 2196)

Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 382)

Contracts for collection services: eliminate certain requirement (see S. 376)

Eliminate (see H.J. Res. 12, 19, 24, 27, 39, 40, 47, 269)

Income tax: designate portion to reduce debt (see S. 1969; H.R. 497, 2425, 4070)

Limit: increase (see H.R. 2990; H.J. Res. 308)

———require vote to increase (see H. Res. 53)

Petroleum imports: use temporary tax increase proceeds to reduce public debt (see H.R. 1729)

Reduce (see S. 1627; S.J. Res. 208; H. Con. Res. 202)

Senate: amend rule relative to legislation affecting statutory limit (see S. Res. 258)

Surplus real property: use proceeds from disposal to reduce national debt (see S. 1563; H.R. 3600)

Documents

Balanced Budget (sundry), 17428-17443 [27JN]

Letters

Budget deficits: Peter G. Peterson, 31650 [9NO]

Deficit spending on the Federal level, Robert L. Hoffman, 10834 [3MY]

Establish monthly limit on the Federal debt—letter to the full membership of the Bipartisan Budget Appeal Group (H.J. Res. 290), 32912-32913 [16NO]

Federal deficit: Paul J. Martin for Martin-Thompson, Inc., 33956 [17NO]

Federal spending freeze, Oregon School Boards Association, 4671 [9MR]

Future military spending, Frank C. Genovese, 1951 [8FE]

Impact of budget deficit: Peter G. Peterson for the Bipartisan Budget Appeal, 32371 [12NO]

Increase in the public debt limit (H.J. Res. 308): FRS, 32955 [16NO]

———Assistant Sec. of Defense Lehman, 30077 [31OC]

———Sec. of the Treasury Regan, 12733 [18MY], 29275 [26OC], 32954 [16NO]

———sundry Senators, 30100 [31OC]

Reduce the Federal deficit, 13646 [24MY]

Lists

Floor privileges for Senate Budget Committee Staff, 10584 [2MY]

Memorandums

Establish monthly limit on the Federal debt: Peter G. Peterson, 32913-32923 [16NO]

Memorials of legislature

Balanced budget: Missouri, 18473 [11JY], 20352 [21JY]

Poll of opinion

Representative Clarence Miller, 22701 [3AU]

Wisconsin: 3d District, 13637 [24MY]

Quotations

Impact of budget deficit: Martin Feldstein, 32799 [15NO]

Remarks in House

Budget: balance, 29207 [25OC]

———compromise on proposals, 12714 [18MY]

———deficit, 1950 [8FE], 24211 [26SE], 24245 [14SE], 25175, 25663, 25670 [23SE], 25827 [26SE], 25971 [27SE], 26232 [28SE], 26507 [30SE], 26539 [29SE], 26832 [30SE], 27911 [7OC], 28048 [17OC], 32371 [12NO], 32799 [15NO], 34165 [18NO]

———impact of tax cut on deficit, 32374 [12NO]

———proposals, 12714 [18MY]

———provide balanced, 12465 [17MY], 21278 [27JY]

———provide for balanced (H.J. Res. 67), 210 [6JA]

———provide for balanced (H.J. Res. 100), 1192 [31JA]

———provide for balanced (H.J. Res. 135), 1950 [8FE]

———provide for balanced (H.J. Res. 141), 2269 [15FE]

———provide for balanced (H.J. Res. 147), 2252 [15FE]

———provide for balanced (H.J. Res. 243), 19103 [13JY]

———reduce deficit, 1781 [3FE], 12466, 12515 [17MY], 12705, 12713, 12715 [18MY], 14650 [7JN], 15492 [13JN], 16564 [22JN], 22597, 22598 [3AU], 25234 [21SE], 30360, 30371 [1NO], 30863-30870 [3NO], 31315 [7NO]

———reduce deficit (H. Con. Res. 202), 30349 [1NO]

———reduce deficits (H.R. 3790), 26803 [30SE]

———require balanced, 9594 [21AP], 13190 [19MY]

———responsibility for deficit, 12706, 12707, 12717, 12766 [18MY]

———restore balance to proposed, 14152 [26MY]

Capital Budget for the U.S.: create (H.R. 1244), 9554 [21AP]

Ceiling: temporary limit, 12019 [11MY]

Congress: future economic concerns, 94 [3JA]

Deficit: limitation, 13428 [23MY]

———pay-as-you-go budget spending (H.J. Res. 427), 33015 [16NO]

———projections, 33006 [16NO]

Democratic Party: economic policy proposals, 14652 [7JN]

Dividends: repeal withholding tax, 13428 [23MY]

Federal budget: issues, 25174 [23SE]

Federal revenues: increase through tax reform (H.R. 3585), 19827 [19JY]

Federal spending: curtail built-in system, 14633 [6JN]

———impact, 14021 [26MY]

Income tax rates: cost-of-living adjustments (H.R. 3790), 23437 [4AU]

Interest: repeal withholding tax, 13428 [23MY]

International debt: role of the IMF, 2897 [24FE]

Limit: increase, 13191, 13200 [19MY], 14152 [26MY]

———increase (H.R. 2990), 12706, 12707, 12714, 12715, 12716, 12726-12739 [18MY]

Military buildup: cost control, 3469 [1MR]

National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reduction: establish (H.J. Res. 382), 27907 [7OC], 29399, 29401, 29402, 29404 [26OC], 30485 [2NO], 30589, 30594 [2NO], 30863-30870 [3NO]

National dividend plan: proposed, 9277 [20AP]

Public debt: 196th anniversary, 14206 [26MY]

Public debt ceiling: increase (H.J. Res. 308), 30265, 30269 [1NO]

———increase (H.J. Res. 308), appointment of conferees, 33398 [17NO]

———increase (H.J. Res. 308), conference report, 34140 [18NO]

Reagan, President: economic recovery program, 1478 [2FE], 2542, 2553 [17FE], 5181 [14MR], 12989 [19MY]

———fiscal policies, 25234 [21SE]

———response to fiscal policies, 3068 [25FE]

Reduce, 14653 [7JN]

Reduction: contribution from Federal income tax return (H.R. 2425), 7886 [7AP]

Rules of the House: amending rule XLIX concerning method of establishing statutory limit, 17162 [23JN]

Statutory limit: require vote on increase (H. Res. 53), 2531 [17FE]

Tax reductions: economic impact, 12705, 12706 [18MY]

Taxation: limit reduction, 15492 [13JN]

———proposed increase, 12705, 12706, 12707, 12716 [18MY], 12989 [19MY]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: balance, 18937 [13JY]

———deliberating 1984, 7644-7646 [6AP]

———first concurrent (H. Con. Res. 91), 16963-16989 [23JN]

———first concurrent (H. Con. Res. 91), unanimous-consent agreement, 16964 [23JN]

———legislative priority relative to deficit, 34231 [18NO]

———providing a balanced, 23046 [4AU]

———reduce deficits, 13039 [19MY]

Budget deficit: domestic impact, 30976 [4NO], 31712 [9NO]

———issues, 25725-25727 [26SE], 26569 [30SE]

———projections, 26567 [30SE], 27808-27811 [7OC]

———reduce, 10279 [28AP]

Capital Assistance Revenue Sharing Act: enact (S. 676), 4334 [8MR]

Economic agenda: issues and proposals, 16945-16949 [23JN]

Economic conditions: issues, 22394 [3AU]

Federal budget: freeze (S.J. Res. 6), 683 [26JA]

———issues, 19725 [19JY]

———long-range projections, 19392 [15JY]

Federal Credit Control Act: introduction (S. 1582), 18008-18010 [29JN]

Federal deficits: proposed effects, 28857-28860 [21OC]

Federal Reserve System: term of the Chairman of the Board of Governors (S. 1788), 22942 [4AU]

Fiscal responsibility: affirming (S. Res. 16), 742 [26JA]

Government deficit spending: effects on economy, 22788 [4AU]

Limit: amend Senate rules relative to consideration (S. Res. 296), 34560 [18NO]

———bipartisan response (S.J. Res. 208), 34549 [18NO]

———establish monthly (H.J. Res. 290), 32910-32927 [16NO]

———increase (H.J. Res. 308), 32952-32956 [16NO]

———increase (H.J. Res. 308), conference report, 33669, 33774 [17NO]

National Debt Retirement Act: introduction (S. 1563), 17984 [29JN]

Public debt: amend Senate rules relative to consideration (S. Res. 296), 34560 [18NO]

Public debt limit: increase (H.J. Res. 308), 29525-29552 [27OC], 29794-29795, 29823-29867 [28OC], 29918-29957 [29OC], 30039-30132 [31OC], 30392 [2NO], 31704 [9NO]

———increase (H.J. Res. 308), debate procedure, 29938 [29OC]

———temporary increase (H.R. 2990), 13768-13786, 13844 [25MY], 29592 [27OC]

Twin Lakes, Wis.: contribution to combat, 889 [26JA]

Reports

Budget Status, 22523 [3AU]

Conference: H.J. Res. 308, Public Debt Limit, 33581 [17NO]

Public Debt Limit Increase (H.J. Res. 308): Committee on Foreign Relations (excerpt), 30120 [31OC]

State Fiscal Conditions Entering 1983, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2961-2969 [24FE]

Statement of Economic Policy, Brookings Institution, 10279 [28AP]

Status of the Budget, Committee on the Budget, 7829 [7AP]

Strenghthening the Federal Budget Process, Committee for Economic Development, 18682 [12JY]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Getting the Deficit Down, 25193 [21SE]

———Spending Cuts, 23965 [13SE]

Statements

Balanced Budget, President Reagan, 21525 [28JY]

Budget Deficit: (sundry), 16564 [22JN]

———Senator Hollings (excerpt), 15103 [9JN]

Government Deficits Cause Economic Problems, President Reagan (excerpt), 6437 [22MR]

Public Debt Limit Increase (H.J. Res. 308): Sec. of the Treasury Regan, 30046 [31OC]

Summaries

S. Con. Res. 27, Revising Budget, 10591-10594, 10597-10608 [2MY]

Tables

Accrued interest per minute (sundry), 17985 [29JN]

Alternative budget proposals and their deficits, Committee on the Budget, 13040 [19MY]

Appropriations, supplemental (H.R. 3069) (sundry), 16113 [16JN]

Balanced deficit reduction under budget resolution H.J. Res. 308, 29826 [28OC]

Deficit records, 12738 [18MY]

Domenici-Chiles deficit reduction plan, 32933 [16NO]

Federal revenues and outlays, 13094 [19MY]

Growth in the national debt, 12736 [18MY]

Growth of publicly held Federal debt under post-World War II administrations, 29541 [27OC]

Increase in the deficit attributable to Congressional policy action, 13051, 13053 [19MY]

Public debt and interest per capita (sundry), 17985 [29JN]

Public debt limit: temporary increase (H.R. 2990) (sundry), 13769-13773, 13784 [25MY]

Public debt limit increase (H.J. Res. 308) (sundry), 29531 [27OC]

Public debt outstanding for fiscal year 1983 (sundry), 17985 [29JN]

Testimonies

Congressional Budget (S. Con. Res. 27): Peter G. Peterson, 10901-10904 [4MY]

Effect of Military Spending on the Economy: Bruce Parry, 9550 [21AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 91, budget, first concurrent: conference report, 16964-16971 [23JN]

H. Res. 196, consideration of H.R. 2990, increase limit, 12726 [18MY]

H. Res. 241, amending rule XLIX of Rules of the House concerning method of establishing statutory limit on public debt, 17162 [23JN]

H.J. Res. 147, balanced budget, 2253 [15FE]

H.J. Res. 427, pay-as-you-go budget, 33016 [16NO]

H.R. 2990, increase limit, 12739 [18MY]

S. 1169, tie tax indexation to Federal deficit, 10144 [28AP]

S. 1563, National Debt Retirement Act, 17985 [29JN]

S. Res. 296, amend Senate rules relative to consideration of public debt, 34561 [18NO]

S.J. Res. 5, proposed constitutional amendment regarding Federal budget procedures, 680 [26JA]

S.J. Res. 7, proposed constitutional amendment regarding budget procedures, 685 [26JA]

S.J. Res. 22, constitutional amendment altering Federal budget procedures, 737 [26JA]

S.J. Res. 208, bipartisan response to Federal deficit, 34550 [18NO]