PUBLIC DEBT

Addresses

Economic Perspective, John G. Medlin, Jr., 1852 [6FE]

Economic Policies of President Carter: President Reagan (excerpt), 13375 [22MY]

Economy and Deficits: Representative Fish, 328 [24JA]

How the People Can Force Congress To Curb Deficit: Griffin B. Bell, 10849 [3MY]

Trade Deficit: Representative Dingell, 19445 [27JN]

U.S.—A Debtor Nation: Senator Chiles, 17870 [21JN]

Where Our Treasure Is—State of the Nation: Representative Wright, 389 [25JA]

Advertisements

Deficit reduction, 19270 [27JN]

Amendments

Budget: reduce deficit, 2270 [8FE]

———revising for fiscal year 1984 and setting forth for fiscal years 1985-87 (H. Con. Res. 280), 28045 [1OC]

Deficit Reduction Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2163), 8094-8249 [5AP], 8366, 8400, 8436, 8437 [9AP], 8554, 8557, 8561, 8596, 8599-8605 [10AP], 8661, 8673, 8675-8678, 8682, 8689, 8690, 8697, 8699-8703, 8712, 8716, 8719-8722, 8724-8725, 8778, 8782-8786 [11AP], 9087, 9098, 9101, 9108, 9111, 9115, 9119, 9122, 9125-9128, 9131, 9136, 9142, 9147, 9149, 9154, 9155, 9157, 9161, 9162, 9169, 9170-9173, 9174, 9176, 9179-9183, 9188, 9190, 9194, 9198, 9204-9206, 9208, 9211, 9213, 9215, 9216, 9219, 9222, 9314-9333, 9335-9338 [12AP], 9668-9671, 9681 [24AP], 9826, 9890 [25AP], 10145, 10146 [26AP], 32047, 32048 [11OC]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 10904 [3MY], 11232, 11237, 11248, 11288, 11289 [8MY], 11511, 11527, 11529, 11543 [9MY], 11722, 11738, 11776 [10MY], 11987-11992, 11994, 12004 [11MY], 12017, 12021, 12025 [14MY], 12138, 12146, 12152, 12179, 12182 [15MY], 12423, 12460 [16MY], 12650, 12652, 12658, 12662, 12663, 12694-12695, 12700 [17MY]

Federal Debt Recovery Act: enact (S. 1668), 20778, 20780, 20902, 20903 [25JY], 28925 [3OC]

Limit: increase (H.J. Res. 654), 28417 [2OC], 30494, 30516, 30528 [5OC], 30612, 30614, 30615 [5OC], 30874, 30876, 30880 [9OC], 30797, 30835-30840, 30841-30846 [9OC], 31171, 31181 [10OC], 31258 [10OC], , 31863, 31885 [11OC]32039, 32042 [11OC]

———increase (H.R. 5665), 13376 [22MY]

———increase (H.R. 5692), 14073, 14082, 14127 [24MY]

———increase (H.R. 5692), Senate amendment, 14300 [24MY]

———increase (H.R. 5927), 19781 [28JN]

———increase (H.R. 5953), 20194 [29JN]

———increase (S. 2651), 28417 [2OC]

Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 4170), technical amendments (H. Con. Res. 328), 20074, 20076, 20138-20146 [29JN]

Analyses

Budget Reduction Proposal: Chiles Amendment, 11229, 12911 [18MY]

Convening of Constitutional Convention to Balance Budget (S.J. Res. 251), 4180 [1MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H. Con. Res. 280, congressional budget, 12915 [18MY]

———H.R. 4170, Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act, 12714 [17MY], 14219 [24MY], 15580 [8JN], 15880 [12JN]

———H.R. 5692, public debt ceiling, 14088 [24MY]

Articles and editorials

Accountability and the ``Off-Budget'' Deficit, 12864 [17MY]

Aid Cuts Put a Strain on Corporate Donors—Stretched by Demand, Budgets Are Losing Their ``Give'', 16615 [14JN]

Amendment Isn't the Way To Balance Budget, 25262 [13SE]

Art for Subsidies' Sake, 23184 [8AU]

Asides—Congressional Non-Support, 21739 [31JY]

Baker To Back Deficit-Cutting Efforts Despite Reagan Opposition, 7 [23JA]

Balanced Budget Is Like the Air We Breathe, 31865 [11OC]

Balancing Down and Breaking Free

``Balancing Down'' and Breaking Free, 11063 [3MY], 16896 [18JN]

Banker Urges a Spending Freeze, 1854 [6FE]

Borrowing Costs Thwart Deficit Reduction, 20773 [25JY]

Budget Deficit (excerpt), 1243 [1FE], 25480, 25482 [14SE]

Budget Deficit—Mortgage Bankers' View, 6034 [20MR]

Budget Deficits Will Grow, CBO Predicts, 23856 [10AU]

Budget Formula for Trouble, 26595 [24SE]

Budget Reduction (excerpt), 11733 [10MY]

Budget That Wasn't, 2155 [7FE]

Budget—Silver Lining, 14108 [24MY]

Challenge to America, 16797 [15JN]

``Crowding Out'' Isn't Far Down the Road, 10440 [1MY]

Cry From the Heartland—Deficits Will Impoverish Our Grandchildren, 632 [26JA]

Dangers of Off-Budget Antics, 25565 [17SE]

Debtors Who Aren't in Trouble, 24119 [10AU]

Deficit Requires Surplus of Political Courage, 655 [26JA]

Deficit—Deplored by All, Resolved by None, 6 [23JA]

Deficits, Industry Erosion Tied, 1899 [6FE]

Deficit—The Real Issue Is Spending, 32142-32144 [11OC]

Dictatorial Veto?, 10847 [3MY]

Don't Let the Horror Stories Keep You Awake, 32318 [11OC]

Economic Gain Is ``Lopsided,'' Experts Warn, 5085 [8MR]

Economic Impact—Reagan Waits, Red Ink Flows, 5084 [8MR]

Economic Perils Remain, 1348 [1FE]

Economic Speech Reagan Should Make, 16319 [13JN]

Endless Spending, 7664-7666 [4AP]

Excessive Corporation Tax Breaks One Big Reason for the Deficits (excerpt), 24153 [10AU]

Experts Cite Flaws in Grace Panel's Claims for Savings, 932 [30JA]

``Fairness'' and Income Equalizing, 12341 [15MY]

Fed as Alibi, 12629 [17MY]

Federal Government To Be a Deadbeat, 14545 [30MY]

Freeze, Uncle Sam! How To Reduce the IOU's, 1853 [6FE]

Gimme Shelter, 9593 [12AP]

Gnomes Who Hold Reagan's Fate—Foreign Speculation in the Dollar Is the Key, 5256 [13MR]

GOP Senators Put Chill on Budget Negotiations, 15792 [12JN]

Government Bonds—A Market in Trouble, 13477-13480 [23MY]

Governors, Social Security and the Deficit, 1881 [6FE]

Growing Budget Deficits, 4852 [7MR]

Hawking Democracy, 23184 [8AU]

Heavier Load—Climbing Federal Debt Is Inexorably Raising U.S. Interest Burden, 18995 [26JN]

``Heresy'' Sometimes Needed, 10845 [3MY]

How Big Is the Debt?, 25260 [13SE]

How Dangerous Is Federal Deficit?, 7896 [4AP]

International Comparison—Do U.S. Deficits Cause High Interest Rates?, 7898 [4AP]

Is Reagan Seeking Advice or Accomplices?, 1382 [1FE]

Looming Federal Surplus, 7506 [3AP], 8255-8260 [5AP]

Lopsided Prosperity, 9995 [25AP]

Mattingly Moves Out Ahead on Start for Line-Item Veto, 10847 [3MY]

Mattingly Takes the Lead in Fight for Line-Item Veto, 10845 [3MY]

Misers of Capitol Hill—Congress' Spendthrift Image Is a Bad Rap, 953 [30JA], 1155 [31JA]

New Line-Item Veto Idea Deserves a Careful Look, 10846 [3MY]

``New Poor'', 21724 [31JY]

No Painless Way To Reduce the Deficit, 10644 [2MY]

One and Only Mr. Feldstein, 11972 [11MY]

Origins of the Reagan Revolution, 16631 [14JN]

Our Inflation Defenses Aren't What They Used To Be, 13461 [22MY]

Overpopulation Is Not the Third World's Worst Threat, 22303 [2AU]

Pattern of Financial Crisis (excerpt), 14088 [24MY]

Plea for Fiscal Sanity, 11296 [8MY]

Political Cowardice of Congress Courts Revolution, 2383 [8FE]

Post Is All Wet, 10046 [26AP]

President Minimizes High Rates—Says U.S. Imports Offsetting Interest Paid by Third World, 27399 [27SE]

Presidential Line-Item Veto Is Needed To Control Spending, 10846 [3MY]

Quick Solution to Budget Deficits, 2653 [9FE]

Raise Hell, Not Taxes, 9790 [24AP]

Reagan Ravagement, 5816 [15MR]

Run the Federal Government Like a Business? Forget It, 10855 [3MY]

Saving Grace, 21729 [31JY]

. . . Specifically on Taxes, 20745 [24JY]

Speech Reagan Should—But Won't—Give, 13485 [23MY]

Spending Championship, 30274 [4OC]

Spending Slowdown Could Temper This Year's Deficit, 7897 [4AP]

Stockman Links Deficits, High Interest Rates, 31137 [10OC]

Strong Dollar Overseas Hurting U.S. Business, 27399 [27SE]

Subsidizing the Soviets, 21735 [31JY]

Tax Cuts Aren't Working as Promised, 10258 [26AP]

Tax Tangles, 24544 [6SE]

Those Pentagon ``Cuts'', 11029 [3MY]

Too Much Fiction About the Deficit, 6070 [20MR]

Treasury Should Abandon Its Gimmickry on Deficits, 23208 [8AU]

Unfilled Promises of Supply Side Economics (series), 25260 [13SE], 30154, 30155 [4OC]

Unfilled Promises of Supply Side Economics—Voting Isn't Simple

Voodoo Economics Hits Vets, 3302 [23FE]

Voters Must Reject Politicians Who Run Up Huge Deficits, 23379 [9AU]

War Demands End of Petty Fights, 10643 [2MY]

We're Ignoring the Outside World, but Foreigners Can Clobber Our Dollar, 631 [26JA]

What Lies Beyond Monetarism?, 16317 [13JN]

What's Wrong With the System?, 21724 [31JY]

When Debt Explodes, 26359 [20SE]

Whistling Dixie, 19420 [27JN]

Who Are the Real ``Budget Busters''?, 5540 [14MR]

Who Cares About Deficits?, 2135 [7FE]

Who Says Government Spending Can't Be Cut?, 24592-24595 [7SE]

Why There's No Welfare Fat Left To Trim, 9776-9777 [24AP]

World Debt—The IMF Solution Has Become the Problem, 30755 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Treasury: proposed bearer or zero-coupon debt instruments (see H. Con. Res. 346)

Foreign countries: restrictions on use of exchange stabilization fund (see H.R. 5654)

Limit: temporary increase (see S. 2651; H.R. 5665, 5692, 5927, 5953)

Taxation: deficit reduction trust fund (see S. 2981)

Zero-coupon bonds: inclusion in President's budget of a statement of the interest which accrues for each fiscal year (see S. 3038)

Books

``Window of Opportunity'', 25480 [14SE]

Explanations

Employee stock ownership plan provisions of H.R. 2163, 12697 [17MY]

Factsheets

Federal Boat Safety Act (H.R. 2163), 10904 [3MY]

Letters

Congressional action on debt limit: Dept. of the Treasury, 32430 [12OC]

Federal budget issues and proposals, 25928 [18SE]

———Committee on Ways and Means, 5810 [15MR]

Federal deficit and balancing the budget: Dave Emerson, 9051 [11AP]

Federal spending reduction proposals: CBO (sundry), 12401 [16MY]

———Davenport, IA, Bank and Trust Co., 28794 [2OC]

———Freshman Democratic Caucus, 1061 [31JA]

———House Republican Members, 10637 [2MY]

———National Association of Home Builders, 10437 [1MY]

———National Association of Realtors, 10437 [1MY]

———Representative O'Neill, 10448 [1MY]

———Thomas Jefferson (sundry excerpts), 14062, 14088 [24MY]

———(sundry), 6183, 6184 [21MR]

Grace Commission recommendations on budget deficit: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 12139 [15MY]

Increase in public debt ceiling: Sec. of the Treasury Regan, 13371 [22MY]

Line-item veto on appropriations bills: Committee on the Judiciary (House), 10864 [3MY]

Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act conference report (H.R. 4170): Delegate Corrada, 19304 [27JN]

———National Association of Home Builders, 19262 [27JN]

———National Association of Realtors, 19275 [27JN]

———President Reagan, 17178 [19JN], 19254, 19261, 19262, 19296, 19304 [27JN]

———23 Senators, 19304 [27JN]

Use of tax revenues to reduce budget deficit: Senator Pryor, 24688 [10SE]

Zero-coupon bond use to defer interest payments on the national debt: Senator Durenberger, 27844 [29SE]

Lists

Deficit Reduction Tax Act amendments, 9182 [12AP]

Memorandums

Item Vetoes—State Constitutional Provisions: Library of Congress, 10865-10868 [3MY]

Memorials of legislature

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming 17344-17360 [20JN]

Motion

Federal Boat Safety Act (H.R. 2163), pass H.R. 4170 in lieu, 12709 [17MY]

Papers

Brief Look at Deficit Spending: Erik Fatemi, 32431-32433 [12OC]

Fair-Play Formula in Budget Process: Senator Boschwitz, 12147-12150 [15MY]

Future Deficit Reduction—Impact on Aged and Poor: House Select Committee on Aging, 29614-29616 [3OC]

What Is America Up Against?: Dan Dickinson, 6923 [28MR]

Petitions

Deficits: First Federal Savings, Ottawa, IL, 24535 [6SE]

Quotations

Federal spending reduction proposals—Republican Party member, 12135 [15MY]

Remarks in House

Balanced Budget Act: enact (H.J. Res. 243), 30271 [4OC]

———enact (H.R. 6300), 28504-28526 [2OC], 29632 [3OC], 30228, 30272 [4OC]

Bipartisan Commission for Deficit-Reduction: establish, 20367 [29JN]

Budget: caps issue, 17003 [18JN], 20386 [29JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, 355 [25JA], 449 [26JA], 734 [30JA], 1062 [31JA], 1189, 1193 [1FE], 1413 [2FE], 1893 [6FE], 1980 [7FE], 2287, 2289 [8FE], 2400, 2401, 2404 [9FE], 2760 [21FE], 2959, 2961 [22FE], 3197, 3199,3245-3254-3262 [23FE], 3553, 3554 [28FE], 3862, 3865, 3896, 3897-3904 [29FE], 3995, 4235 [1MR], 4364 [5MR], 4617 [6MR], 4776 [7MR], 4976 [8MR], 5117 [12MR], 5198, 5199 [13MR], 5492, 5519 [14MR], 5600 [15MR], 5857 [19MR], 6187 [21MR], 6337, 6340 [22MR], 6580 [27MR], 6958 [29MR], 7248 [30MR], 7289 [2AP], 7519 [3AP], 7769 [4AP], 8302 [9AP], 8485 [10AP], 9384 [12AP], 9709 [24AP], 9918 [25AP], 10186 [26AP], 10502 [1MY], 10732 [2MY], 10924 [3MY], 11560 [9MY], 12041 [14MY], 12491 [16MY], 12751, 12752, 12821 [17MY], 13377 [22MY], 14409 [30MY], 14816-14820 [4JN], 15884 [12JN], 17343-17362 [20JN], 21230 [26JY], 21831, 21959, 21970 [1AU], 24307 [5SE], 24412, 24415 [6SE], 24791 [11SE], 27965, 27966 [1OC], 29315 [3OC], 29999 [4OC]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, discharge petition, 22961 [8AU]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, special order to consider legislation, 17226 [20JN]

———impact of deficit on interest rates, 27961 [1OC], 30922 [9OC]

———reduce deficit, 298 [24JA], 450 [26JA], 631 [26JA], 736 [30JA], 1060, 1061 [31JA], 1188, 1190, 1191, 1192 [1FE], 1391 [1FE], 1411 [2FE], 1898, 1922 [6FE], 4847 [7MR], 5955, 5956, 5958 [20MR], 6493, 6494 [26MR], 6577 [27MR], 6873 [28MR], 7634 [3AP], 8461-8463 [9AP], 10189 [26AP], 12970 [18MY], 13313, 13371, 13374-13436 [22MY], 13955 [23MY], 18994, 19005 [26JN], 19465 [27JN], 21963-21969 [1AU], 25480 [14SE], 31422 [10OC]

Budget Conference: encourage, 16774 [15JN]

Budget procedures: issues, 23953 [5SE]

Budget summit: convene, 12750 [17MY]

Debt ceiling, 12983 [21MY], 16757 [15JN], 20180 [29JN], 23207 [8AU]

———increase (H.R. 5953), 20190, 20194-20199 [29JN], 20343 [29JN]

———increase (H.R. 5927), 19781-19787 [28JN]

———increase (H.R. 5665), 12856 [17MY], 13368-13376 [22MY]

———increase (H.R. 5692), 14227 [24MY], 14816-14820 [4JN]

———increase (H.R. 5692), Senate amendment, 14299 [24MY]

Debt factor: economic effects, 32569 [12OC]

Deficit: proposed bipartisan commission to study ways to reduce, 659, 660 [26JA]

Deficit Reduction Act: amend, 20762 [24JY]

———amend (H.R. 6021), 26403 [20SE], 20419 [29JN]

———amend (H.R. 6312), 27362 [26SE]

———provision clarification, 24130 [10AU]

Democratic Party: spending policy, 30924 [9OC]

Federal Debt Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 5196), 6023 [20MR]

Foreign investment: role, 5179 [12MR], 28117 [1OC]

Income tax: contribution to reduce public debt (H.R. 5510), 9916 [25AP]

———proposed flat rate, 7144 [29MR]

———proposals to reduce, 14401 [24MY]

Mondale, Walter F.: budget deficit reduction plan, 25093-25098, 25100 [12SE]

———economic policy, 30923 [9OC], 31415-31422 [10OC]

National Lottery Commission Act: enact (H.R. 3783), 25192 [12SE], 25407 [13SE]

Political and economic crisis: philosophical errors, 26360 [20SE]

Reagan, President: budget deficit reduction plan, 25094, 25098, 25099 [12SE], 31748 [10OC]

———budget proposal, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1205 [1FE], 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414 [2FE], 1894 [6FE], 1978 [7FE], 2284, 2291, 2334 [8FE], 2400 [9FE], 2957 [22FE], 3198, 3199 [23FE], 5385 [13MR], 6336 [22MR], 25262, 25270 [13SE]

———economic policies, 1191 [1FE], 13375 [22MY], 26310 [20SE], 30154 [4OC], 30924 [9OC], 31415-31422 [10OC]

———election issues, 30724 [5OC]

Tax forms: checkoff to charities provision, 9594 [12AP]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, 10581 [1MY]

Town-hall meetings: economic views of citizens, 19434 [27JN]

Trade deficit: Congressional hearings, 23210 [8AU]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations bills: line-item veto, 10844-10870 [3MY]

Balanced Budget Procedures Act: introduction (S. 3039), 27944 [1OC]

Budget: calling on President to reduce deficit (S. Con. Res. 96), 2926 [22FE]

———impact of deficit on interest rates, 7896 [4AP], 31137 [10OC]

———implement Grace Commission recommendations (S. 2508), 7209 [30MR], 12138-12141, 12144 [15MY]

———limit period for enactment of new authority, 2488 [9FE]

———proposal to raise debt ceiling, 13313 [22MY]

———provisions for convening of constitutional convention to balance (S.J. Res. 251), 4179 [1MR]

———reduce deficit, 4-6, 17, 54 [23JA], 419 [25JA], 512-513 [26JA], 1243, 1348 [1FE], 1801 [3FE], 1881 [6FE], 2057, 2141 [7FE], 2187, 2191, 2193, 2196, 2198, 2270 [8FE], 3355-3357 [27FE], 3717, 3849 [29FE], 5256 [13MR], 5410 [14MR], 5830 [19MR], 6182 [21MR], 6546 [26MR], 7006 [29MR], 7663, 7745, 7746 [4AP], 8356 [9AP], 8519, 8610 [10AP], 9808-9817 [25AP], 10051-10052 [26AP], 10377 [30AP], 11296 [8MY], 13477, 13485 [23MY], 14061 [24MY], 15529 [8JN], 16896 [18JN], 20772 [25JY], 22706-22707, 22875 [8AU], 23217, 23373, 23378 [9AU], 23642-23643 [10AU], 24190 [5SE], 24361 [6SE], 24590-24592 [7SE], 24785 [11SE], 25488 [14SE], 25565 [17SE], 25708 [18SE], 25968 [19SE], 26212 [20SE], 26594-26598 [24SE], 26648 [25SE], 27394-27398 [27SE], 30516-30534 [5OC], 31862-31867, 31894 [11OC], 32431 [12OC]

———reduce deficit (S. 3059), 29165 [3OC]

———reduce deficit (S.J. Res. 345), 23850 [10AU]

———require balanced (S. 2912), 22640 [7AU]

———use of tax revenues to reduce deficit (S. 2981), 24687 [10SE]

Budget process: establish 2-year fiscal period, 11994, 11999-12004 [11MY]

———fair-play formula, 12146-12151 [15MY]

CBO: budget assumption analyses, 12423 [16MY]

Commission on Deficit Reduction: establish, 12017-12021 [14MY]

Deficit Reduction Act: enact (S. 2516), 19714 [28JN]

———introduction (S. 2516), 7376 [2AP]

Deficit Reduction Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2163), 8364-8421 [9AP], 8544-8580 [10AP], 8673-8729 [11AP], 9087-9169, 9170-9226, 9232-9239 [12AP], 9681-9695 [24AP], 9826-9833 [25AP], 10051-10052 [26AP], 11214, 11224-11249 [8MY], 11511-11533 [9MY], 11722-11743 [10MY], 11994-12006 [11MY], 12017-12021 [14MY], 12135-12141, 12144-12157 [15MY], 12391-12425 [16MY], 12650-12709 [17MY], 12891, 12911 [18MY], 13111 [21MY], 15356 [7JN]

———enact (H.R. 2163), cloture motion procedure, 8353 [9AP]

———enact (H.R. 2163), parliamentary interpretation relative to reconciliation, 12700 [17MY]

———enact (H.R. 2163), pass H.R. 4170 in lieu, 12709-12713 [17MY]

———enact (H.R. 2163), unanimous-consent agreement, 11247 [8MY]

Federal Debt Recovery Act: enact (S. 1668), 20777-20785 [25JY], 28925 [3OC]

———enact (S. 1668), debate procedure, 20624 [24JY]

Federal Financing Bank: inclusion of outlays in Federal budget, 25565 [17SE]

Federal spending: Dmocratic Party legislative priorities, 12135, 12142-12143 [15MY]

———freeze, 9808-9817 [25AP], 10045-10047 [26AP]

———reduction proposals, 9826-9833, 9853 [25AP], 10069-10087 [26AP], 10329-10331 [30AP], 10423, 10435-10454 [1MY], 10629, 10633 [2MY], 10841-10870 [3MY], 11224 [8MY], 11511-11533 [9MY], 11722-11743 [10MY], 11994-12006 [11MY], 12017-12021 [14MY], 12135-12141, 12144-12157 [15MY], 12391-12425 [16MY], 12650 [17MY], 12703-12706, 12911 [18MY], 13053, 13111 [21MY], 14107 [24MY]

Federal Spending Control Act: introduction (S. 2285), 2488 [9FE]

Government bonds: financing budget deficit, 13477 [23MY]

Government borrowing: effects on private sector investments, 30774 [9OC]

Limit: increase (H.J. Res. 654), 30486-30513, 30534, 30535-30538 [5OC], 30781 [9OC], 30830-30846 [9OC], 31170-31182 [10OC], 31855-31867, 31885-31888, 31897, 32139-32147 [11OC], 32426, 32430, 32480 [12OC]

———increase (H.J. Res. 654), debate procedure, 29844 [4OC]

———Increase (H.J. Res. 654), nongermane amendments, 30485 [5OC]

———increase (H.R. 5953), 20061-20065 [29JN]

———increase (H.R. 5692), 14072, 14082-14088 [24MY]

———increase (H.R. 5692), appointment of conferees, 14088 [24MY]

———increase (H.R. 5692), unanimous-consent agreement, 14072 [24MY]

Mondale, Walter F.: budget deficit reduction plan, 24669, 24672 [10SE]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Balanced Budget: establish (S. 3039), 27944 [1OC]

National Commission on Federal Spending Reform: establish (S. Res. 305), 54 [23JA], 10086 [26AP]

Non-defense spending: impose ceilings, 9685 [24AP]

Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 12890, 12911 [18MY]

———enact (H.R. 4170), appointment of conferees, 14219 [24MY], 15580 [8JN]

———enact (H.R. 4170), conference procedure, 15792 [12JN]

———enact (H.R. 4170), conference report, 18555 [25JN], 19180, 19254-19306 [27JN], 22491 [6AU], 22556 [7AU], 23910 [10AU]

——enact (H.R.4170), conference report provisions on AFDC lump-sum rule, 23910 [10AU]

———enact (H.R. 4170), conference requested, 12714 [17MY]

———enact (H.R. 4170), House amendment, 14219 [24MY]

———enact (H.R. 4170), pass in lieu of H.R. 2163, 12709-12713 [17MY]

———enact (H.R. 4170), technical amendments (H. Con. Res. 328), 20014, 20061, 20065, 20068-20080 [29JN]

Taxation: designation on tax forms of contributions to retire debt, 31903 [11OC]

Zero-coupon bonds: interest statement (S. 3038), 27843 [29SE]

Reports

Budget Deficits: CBO (sundry excerpts), 32145 [11OC]

Deficit Reduction and the Line-Item Veto: Committee on the Budget, 2626 [9FE]

Expansion of Permanent Public Debt Limit: Committee on Finance (S. 2651) (S. Rept. 98-434), 11535 [9MY]

Federal Deficit: Committee on the Budget (H. Rept. 98-673), 8521 [10AP]

Financing Deficit With Foreign Monies: CBO (excerpt), 10685 [2MY]

47 Ways To Cut Federal Spending, 32141 [11OC]

Republican Budget Plan, 8577 [10AP]

Statutory Limit Increase: Committee on Rules (H.R. 5953; H. Res. 545) (H. Rept. 98-881), 19983 [28JN]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5953) (H. Rept. 98-878), 19983 [28JN]

Public Debt Statutory Limit Increase: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 503) (H.R. 5665) (H. Rept. 98-790), 12839 [17MY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5927) (H. Rept. 98-865), 18977 [26JN]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5665) (H. Rept. 98-785), 12598 [16MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Reduce Federal deficit: National Advisory Council on Small Business, 5943 [20MR]

———Raleigh, NC, Chamber of Commerce (sundry), 11501 [9MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Balanced Budget Act: enact (H.R. 6300), 28505, 28522 [2OC]

Statements

Budget Deficit: Alice M. Rivlin, 10642 [2MY]

———Henry Kaufman, 8610 [10AP]

———Paul A. Volcker, 10640 [2MY], 30537 [5OC]

———President Reagan, 8610 [10AP]

———Senator Durenberger (1982), 2191 [8FE]

———Thomas Jefferson, 23850 [10AU]

Convening of Constitutional Convention To Balance Budget: Sam J. Ervin, Jr., 4179, 4235 [1MR]

———Senator Thurmond (excerpt), 4235 [1MR]

Economic Plan: President Reagan, 13375 [22MY]

Economic Policies of President Reagan: Representative James R. Jones, 13375 [22MY]

Federal Reserve Economic Policy: Sec. of the Treasury Regan (excerpt), 11504 [9MY]

Fiscal Responsibilities: Calvin Coolidge, 10070 [26AP]

———Thomas Jefferson, 13371 [22MY]

Future Structural Reform and Major Budget Savings: David A. Stockman for OMB, 9812-9814 [25AP]

Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act Conference Report (H.R. 4170): Delegate Corrada, 19304 [27JN]

———National Farmers Organization, 19275 [27JN]

———Senator Armstrong, 19279 [27JN]

President Reagan's Proposed 1985 Budget: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition Task Force on the Budget, 1745-1748 [2FE]

Rate of Federal Spending: National Association of Manufacturers, 13375 [22MY]

Trade, Debt, and U.S.-Brazilian Economic Relations: Brazil-U.S. Business Council members (sundry), 14021-14023 [23MY]

U.S. Investment Position: Paul A. Volcker, 10429 [1MY]

We Must Act Quickly To Curtail the Federal Deficit: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 4691 [6MR]

Story

Esau Amendment: Senator Chiles, 12156 [15MY]

Federal Spending Reduction and Election Prospects: Senator Hollings, 10426 [1MY]

Summaries

Deficit Reduction Tax Act (H.R. 2163), 8370-8391 [9AP]

Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act Conference Report Provisions (H.R. 4170), 19257-19261 [27JN]

Tables

Administration's deficit-reduction program as estimated by CBO, 2926 [22FE]

Budget deficit, 23218 [9AU]

———spending and revenue effects of Gorton proposal, 3355, 3357 [27FE]

———Symms revised plan, 10076 [26AP]

Budget outlook, 2926 [22FE]

Budget reduction proposals: Bradley amendment to H.R. 2163, 11233 [8MY]

———Committee on Finance amendment to H.R. 2163, 11512 [9MY]

———Gorton amendment to H.R. 2163, 11240 [8MY]

———Kennedy amendment to H.R. 2163, 11513 [9MY]

———sundry, 10449-10452 [1MY], 10675 [2MY]

Comparison of public debt and Federal outlays, fiscal years 1940-87, 14086 [24MY]

Deficit comparisons, 2926 [22FE]

Deficit in billions of dollars, 1984-87, 28050 [1OC]

Deficit reduction plans (sundry), 9812, 9817, 9826, 9827, 9830 [25AP]

Deficits with various spending levels, 19181 [27JN]

Federal budget caps, 17003 [18JN]

Federal spending reduction proposals: Bradley/Stafford amendment, 12414 [16MY]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate), 12402 [16MY]

Government bond average yields, 12019 [14MY]

Government share of capital in credit markets, 12018 [14MY]

Grace Commission recommendations on budget deficit, 12139 [15MY]

Nominal and real growth in defense budget authority, 11531 [9MY]

Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act conference report (H.R. 4170), 19266 [27JN]

Projected budget deficit of President Reagan, 13375 [22MY]

Reestimated Presidential budget request, 13375 [22MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 346, sense of the Congress the U.S. should not issue bearer or zero-coupon debt instruments, 23207, 23209 [8AU]

H.R. 4170, Tax Reform Act, 8869-8985 [11AP]

H.R. 5506, New Economic Recovery Act, 9973 [25AP]

H.R. 5692, temporary increase in the public debt ceiling, 14227 [24MY]

H.R. 5927, increase the statutory limit on the public debt, 19781 [28JN]

H.R. 5953, increase the satutory limit on the public debt, 20194 [29JN]

H.R. 6241, National Lottery Commission Act, 25193 [12SE]

H.R. 6300, Balanced Budget Act, 28504 [2OC]

S. 1668, Federal Debt Recovery Act, 20777, 20785 [25JY]

S. 2285, Federal Spending Control Act, 2489 [9FE]

S. 2286, Tax Expenditure Control Act, 2490 [9FE]

S. 2508, implementation of Grace Commission proposals to reduce deficit, 7210 [30MR]

S. 2516, Deficit Reduction Act, 7377-7381 [2AP]

S. 2912, require balanced budget, 22640 [7AU]

S. 2981, use of tax revenues to reduce budget deficit, 24688 [10SE]

S. 3038, zero-coupon bond interest statement on Government budget, 27844 [29SE]

S. 3039, Balanced Budget Procedures Act, 27944 [1OC]

S. 3059, reduce budget deficit, 29165 [3OC]

S. Con. Res. 96, reduce budget deficit, 2926 [22FE]

S. Res. 305, establish National Commission on Federal Spending Reform, 54 [23JA]

S.J. Res. 345, reduce budget deficit, 23851 [10AU]