PUBLIC DEBT

Addresses

Bipartisan Hopes in an Age of Polarization: John V. Lindsay, 2164-2166 [28JA]

Amendments

Limit: increase limit (H.R. 3022), 21510, 21535 [29JY]

———increase (H.J. Res. 324), 20938, 20966, 20968, 21008, 21018 [23JY], 21271 [28JY], 21734, 21758-21769 [30JY], 21832, 21837, 21839, 21852, 21866, 21868, 21870, 21928-21930 [31JY]

———increase (H.R. 2360), 12344 [13MY]

Analyses

Estimated Effect of a 1988 Sequester Under the Amended Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Law: Committee on the Budget, 26309-26313 [2OC]

Appeal

Congress, the Administration, and the American People—Time for Decisive Action—A Bipartisan Budget Plan, 31530 [10NO]

Appointments

Conferees: H.J. Res. 324, public debt limit, 21873 [31JY]

———H.R. 3545, budget reconciliation, 35049 [11DE]

Articles and editorials

Debt—A Case Study, 17599 [25JN]

Domestic Spending Up as Gray Laments ``Cuts,'' 14593 [3JN]

Don't Blame the Deficit for the Crash, 30277 [30OC]

Federal Budget Crisis, 32875 [19NO]

First, Let's Admit We've Got a Problem, 32842 [19NO]

Hike in Federal Debt Worth $2000 Apiece, 20793 [22JY]

History Lessons We Failed To Learn, 30977 [5NO]

In the Shadow of the Budget Deficit, 6620 [24MR]

Man With 2,478 Solutions to the Deficit Awaits a Call, 35587 [14DE]

Mondale's Vindication, 30924 [4NO]

Morning After, 31992 [17NO]

National Debt, 12237 [12MY]

Offer Reagan Can't Refuse—How Democrats Can Get Him To Swallow a Tax Hike and Cut the Deficit, 22148 [3AU]

Proposition 2\1/2\—A Balanced-Budget Amendment That Really Works, 4393 [26FE]

Public's Agenda, 6970 [26MR]

Reagan Already Has Line-Item Veto, 34208 [4DE], 38287 [22DE]

Slow Payment by Fed Creates ``Nightmare'' for Contractors, 5649 [12MR]

Slowing the Dollar's Fall, 4935 [5MR]

Smoke and Mirrors, 14805 [4JN]

Study Warns of Economic Collapse—Trade Imbalances Seen as Big Danger, 35975 [17DE]

Tax Hikes Won't Cure Deficit Problem, Senator Kasten, 17589 [25JN]

Taxes and the Deficit, 23439 [7AU]

Time for the Gas Tax, 29897 [29OC]

To Cut the Deficit Keep '87 Tax Rates, 33101 [20NO]

Tycoon Looks at the Debt Bomb, 30367 [30OC]

U.S.' Allies Urge Fresh Look at World Monetary System—Europe Seeks To Get off Currency Roller Coaster by Lessening Role of U.S. Dollar, 30978 [5NO]

Want to Help Reduce the Federal Budget Deficit?, 24690 [21SE]

Why Not a National Lottery?, 17108 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: amend (see H.R. 33)

———repeal (see H.R. 472)

———revise procedures (see S. 75)

———sequester (see S.J. Res. 187)

———use of certain funds to reduce deficit (see H.R. 3149)

Bipartisan Commission on the Budget Deficit: establish (see H. Res. 29)

Commission on National Debt Reduction: establish (see S. 1860)

Commission on National Fiscal Priorities: establish (see H.R. 2170)

Federal deficit: reduce by increasing the tax on gasoline and other motor fuels (see H.R. 1919)

Federal employees: procedures for investment and interest payment on retirement system thrift savings fund when public debt limit restricts them (see S. 1177)

Government assets: treatment of proceeds from sales (see H.R. 571)

House of Representatives: amend rule on statutory limit (see H. Res. 126)

Increase (see H.R. 2360, 2960, 3022, 3190)

———constitutional amendment (see S.J. Res. 23)

———limit amount that President may recommend (see S. 86)

Lottery: establish drawing to reduce debt (see H.R. 83, 133, 189)

National Commission on Deficit Reduction: establish (see H.J. Res. 37)

Reagan, President: submission of study on reduction (see S. 1604)

Taxation: allow designation of tax refund to reduce public debt (see H.R. 2936, 3775)

———include categories of Federal outlays and income on income tax instructions (see H.R. 2992)

———increase tax on diesel fuel and gasoline in order to reduce the Federal deficit through the Public Debt Repayment Trust Fund (see S. 798)

Factsheets

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Restoration Amendment—Revision of Deficit Targets, 20936 [23JY]

Hearings

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: limit increase (testimony), D236 [7AP]

Committee on Ways and Means: limit increase (testimony), D306 [30AP]

Letters

Bipartisan budget agreement: President Reagan, 33336 [1DE]

Budget deficit: Cathy Reynolds, National League of Cities, 34863 [10DE]

———CBO, 1457 [20JA]

———David H. Brockway, 34850 [10DE]

———Jim Paxton, 31702 [10NO]

———Representative Alexander, 29291 [27OC]

———several Senators, 4167 [26FE]

Day's pay applied toward deficit reduction, 34799 [10DE]

———Bill and Jane Britt, 34799 [10DE]

Extension of public debt limit: James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury (sundry), 12456, 12480 [14MY], 19311 [10JY], 20039 [15JY], 20621 [22JY], 21426 [29JY], 21834 [31JY]

———Representative Rangel, 24979 [23SE]

———Representatives Montgomery and Solomon, 24879 [22SE]

Government power of borrowing: Thomas Jefferson, 16577 [17JN]

Monetary policy: David Meiselman, Paul C. Roberts, William Niskanen, and Richard W. Rahn, 31907 [13NO]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.J. Res. 321, to balanced budget, 16578 [17JN]

Supporters of bipartisan budget plan, 31530 [10NO]

Memorandums

Budget Deficit Reduction: Jim Blum, CBO, 20937 [23JY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 26157 [1OC]

Messages

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act Report: President Reagan, 33250 [30NO]

Petitions

Balanced budget: citizen of Cheektowaga, NY, 24779 [22SE]

Press releases

Call for $45 billion in Federal deficit reductions: National Small Business United, 32864 [19NO]

Sequestration timetable for fiscal year 1988: CBO, 28173 [15OC]

Proposals

Hollings budget—fiscal year 1988, 7105 [27MR]

Questionnaires

Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District: Representative Yatron, 34654 [9DE]

Remarks in House

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: constitutionality, 4140 [26FE]

———repeal (H.R. 275), 887 [7JA]

———use of certain funds to reduce deficit (H.R. 3149), 22713 [6AU]

Budget: administration proposal for deficit reduction, 31570 [10NO]

———apply surplus to reduce (H.J. Res. 49), 22762 [6AU]

———bipartisanship on the deficit, 30956 [5NO]

———debt ceiling, 21573 [29JY], 22585 [5AU]

———deficit, 85-89 [6JA], 944 [7JA], 1114 [8JA], 4734 [4MR], 4935 [5MR], 5551, 5554 [12MR], 6621 [24MR], 8113 [7AP], 8115 [7AP], 13283 [20MY], 14805 [4JN], 15499 [11JN], 16555-16566 [17JN], 18356 [30JN], 20337-20345 [21JY], 24915 [22SE], 25689, 25690 [30SE], 29214 [26OC], 29507 [27OC], 30250 [29OC], 30892, 30897 [4NO], 30957 [5NO], 31724 [10NO], 32073 [17NO], 32705 [18NO], 32874, 32875, 32935 [19NO], 32966 [19NO], 33003, 33004 [20NO], 33221, 33224-33229 [30NO], 33293, 33330-33332 [1DE], 33671 [2DE], 34567 [9DE], 35587 [14DE], 35705-35707 [15DE], 36082, 36084 [17DE]

———reduce deficit without raising taxes, 32626 [18NO]

———reduce deficit by increasing the tax on gasoline and other motor fuels (H.R. 1919), 7880 [2AP]

Federal employees: procedures for investment and interest payment on retirement system thrift savings fund when public debt limit restricts them (S. 1177), 12377 [13MY]

Limit: increase, 12048-12051 [12MY], 12344-12348 [13MY], 21386 [28JY], 23381 [7AU], 24269 [16SE]

———increase (H.R. 3022), 21382 [28JY], 21422-21427 [29JY]

———increase (H.R. 3190), 23072 [7AU]

———increase (H.R. 3190), meeting of conferees, 23028 [7AU]

———increase (H.J. Res. 324), 22147 [3AU], 22785 [6AU], 24880 [29SE]

———increase (H.J. Res. 324), conference report, 24866 [22SE], 24881 [23SE]-24882 [22SE]

———increase (H.J. Res. 324), motion to instruct conferees, 22251-22257, 22281, 22282 [4AU]

———increase (H.R. 2360), 12331, 12332, 12333, 12334, 12335-12348 [13MY]

———increase (H.R. 2360), consideration (H. Res. 165), 12129 [12MY]

———increase (H.R. 2360), debate procedure, 11935 [11MY]

Lottery: establish drawing to reduce debt (H.R. 83), 17108 [23JN]

———establish drawing to reduce public debt (H.R. 83), 4784 [4MR]

———establish drawing to reduce public debt (H.R. 189), 911 [7JA]

National Commission on Deficit Reduction: establish (H.J. Res. 37), 874 [7JA]

National Lottery and Deficit Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 83), 806 [6JA]

Public opinion polls: results, 28780 [21OC]

Reduction: taxation, 29679 [28OC], 30476 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: constitutionality, 316 [6JA], 13545 [21MY]

———sequester (S.J. Res. 187), 23771 [10SE], 24765 [22SE], 25852 [30SE]

Budget: deficit, 3349 [17FE], 4167, 4168 [26FE], 5971 [17MR], 6653 [24MR], 7104, 7107 [27MR], 10632 [30AP], 10875, 10876 [1MY], 11115 [5MY], 11626, 11627 [7MY], 17589 [25JN], 18525 [1JY], 24958 [23SE], 25210 [25SE], 26422 [6OC], 26816 [7OC], 27367 [13OC], 28757 [21OC], 29182, 29184 [23OC], 29535, 29660 [28OC], 30367 [30OC], 30573 [3NO], 31192 [6NO], 31733, 31781-31786 [12NO], 32564 [18NO], 32733, 32798, 32841 [19NO], 33105 [20NO], 33244, 33245 [30NO], 34207 [4DE], 34554, 34557, 34558 [9DE], 35944, 35945, 35950, 35974 [17DE], 36689-36691 [20DE]

———reconciliation directive on statutory limit on public debt (S. 1011), 8969 [10AP]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3545), 30571 [3NO], 30805 [4NO], 31059 [5NO], 35329 [11DE], 37956 [22DE]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3545), appointment of conferees, 35627 [15DE]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3545), conference report, 35786 [16DE]-37713 [21DE]

———reliability of deficit estimates, 11061 [5MY]

———report on status, 20592 [21JY], 34553 [9DE]

———sequestration, 27809 [14OC]

Commission on National Debt Reduction: establish (S. 1860), 31527 [10NO]

Federal employees: procedures for investment and interest payment on retirement system thrift savings fund when public debt limit restricts them (S. 1177), 11802 [8MY]

Limit: constitutional amendment requiring \3/5\ vote of both Houses of Congress to increase, 1651 [21JA]

———increase, 21510-21515 [29JY], 21714 [30JY], 25206 [24SE]

———increase (H.R. 3190), 23169-23173 [7AU]

———increase (H.R. 3022), 21489, 21510-21515 [29JY], 21545 [29JY]

———increase (H.J. Res. 324), 20496 [21JY], 20621, 20632 [22JY], 20933-20942, 20956, 20959-20973 [23JY], 21074-21079, 21083-21085, 21107 [24JY], 21724, 21726-21737 [30JY], 21824-21873 [31JY]

———increase (H.J. Res. 324), conference report, 24961 [23SE]

———increase (H.J. Res. 324), print order, 21885 [31JY]

———increase (H.R. 2360), 12456-12458, 12479-12484 [14MY]

———increase (S. 86), 550 [6JA]

National Commission on Deficit Reduction: establish (S. 32), 464 [6JA]

Reagan, President: submission of study on reduction (S. 1604), 22927 [6AU]

Reduce, 25489 [29SE]

Taxation: increase tax on diesel fuel and gasoline in order to reduce the Federal deficit through the Public Debt Repayment Trust Fund (S. 798), 6394 [19MR]

Time (magazine): public opinion regarding administration policies, 6969 [26MR]

Volcker, Paul A.: budget deficit philosophy, 8899-8901 [9AP]

Reports

Budget Status Report: Committee on the Budget, 20776 [22JY]

Deficit Reduction: Committee on Appropriations, 33987 [3DE]

Reports by conference committees

Budget Reconciliation (H.R. 3545), 36762-37062 [21DE]

Limit Increase (H.J. Res. 324), 24636 [21SE]

Reports filed

Budget Reconciliation: committee of conference (H.R. 3545) (H. Rept. 100-495), 37626 [21DE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3545) (H. Rept. 100-408), Consideration (H. Res. 296), 29711, 29737 [28OC]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3545) (H. Rept. 100-411), Consideration (H. Res. 298), 29932, 29936 [29OC]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3545; H. Res. 341) (H. Rept. 100-492), 37626 [21DE]

Conference Report on Public Debt Limit: committee of conference (H.J. Res. 324) (H. Rept. 100-313), 24677 [21SE]

Increase Limit: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3022), Consideration (H. Res. 233) (H. Rept. 100-248), 21377 [28JY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3022) (H. Rept. 100-244), 21376 [28JY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2360) (H. Rpt. 100-92), 12134 [12MY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2360) (H. Rept. 100-88), 11945 [11MY]

Waiving Points of Order Against Consideration of Conference Report on H.J. Res. 324, Increase of Limit: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 247) (H. Rept. 100-277), 22795 [6AU]

Statements

Balanced Budget: Representative Ireland, 33200 [20NO]

Deficit: Representative Fazio, 8111 [7AP]

———Representative Rostenkowski, 8111 [7AP]

———Representative Wright, 8111 [7AP]

Instruction to Conferees on Public Debt Limit: Representative Michel, 24872 [22SE]

Morality of Borrowing: Thomas Jefferson, 31992 [17NO]

Myth of the Day—That the Congress Lacks Character and Wisdom: Senator Proxmire, 28775 [21OC]

President Reagan's Economic Policies: David Stockman, 28534 [20OC]

Progress, History, and Man: Harry S. Truman, 30955 [5NO]

Summaries

Limit Increase (H.J. Res. 324), 19311 [10JY]

Provisions in Budget Leadership Amendment, 34567-34570 [9DE]

Tables

Budget deficit proposal, 30230 [29OC]

CBO baseline budget projections (sundry), 20936 [23JY]

CBO deficit reduction measures, 30228 [29OC]

Conference agreement summary—deficit targets and amount of sequestration, 24968 [23SE]

Debt interest reduction, 30230 [29OC]

Deficit and effects of policy changes: CBO, 11494 [6MY]

Federal spending as a percent of total budget outlays, 32876 [19NO]

Foreign holdings of gross Federal debt and Federal debt held by the public, 31252 [6NO]

Government debt as share of GNP in select countries, 31252 [6NO]

Growth in Federal spending pre- and post-Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, 34066 [3DE]

Income categories and tax, 31734 [12NO]

Proposed deficit reductions, 34910 [10DE]

Reagan budget versus actual spending, 17099 [23JN]

Revenue impact of 1981 tax reduction, 20190 [17JY]

Selected foreign governments' budget deficit, 31252 [6NO]

Total receipts and outlays, 1789-91, 20768 [22JY]

Telegrams

Budget problems: American Farm Bureau Federation, 30474 [2NO]

Testimonies

Reducing the Budget Deficit: Paul A. Volcker, 8900 [9AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 341, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3545, budget reconciliation, 36760 [21DE]

H.J. Res. 49, apply budget surplus to reduce national debt, 22764 [6AU]

H.R. 83, National Lottery and Deficit Reduction Act, 806 [6JA]

H.R. 275, Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act repeal, 888 [7JA]

H.R. 3190, temporary increase of public debt, 23072 [7AU]

H.R. 3545, budget reconciliation, 29966-30225 [29OC], 35333-35429 [11DE], 38106-38249 [22DE]

S. 32, establish National Commission on Deficit Reduction, 465 [6JA]

S. 1011, budget reconciliation directive on statutory limit on public debt, 8971 [10AP]

S. 1604, President's submission of study to Congress on public debt reduction, 22927 [6AU]

S. 1860, establish Commission on National Debt Reduction, 31529 [10NO]

S. Res. 106, amend rule XXV on public debt increase, 3806 [19FE]

S.J. Res. 23, constitutional amendment requiring \3/5\ vote of both houses of Congress to increase public debt, 1652 [21JA]

S.J. Res. 187, Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act sequester provisions, 23772 [10SE]