PUBLIC FINANCE see also Budget—U.S.

Addresses

Citizens for a Sound Economy, 1789 [7FE]

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22020, 22033, 22044 [27SE]

———reconciliation (S. 1750), 24512 [12OC], 24568, 24621, 24623-24640 [13OC]

Analyses

Federal Credit Reform Act (S. 584), 4362-4367 [15MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H. Con. Res. 106, congressional budget for 1990-92, 8320 [4MY]

Articles and editorials

America's Balance Sheet—A Smaller Bottom Line, 26595 [31OC]

Business as Usual in Congress as New Fiscal Mark Is Reached, 26597 [31OC]

Coalition Endorses Budget for Strong America, 27785 [7NO]

Deficit Figuring Doesn't Add Up, 4924-4926 [17MR]

Economic Scene—The Changes Forced by Deficits, 26595 [31OC]

Ever-Growing Deficits Established the Failure of Gramm-Rudman, 22883 [3OC]

Going Over the Cliff Together, 26594 [31OC]

Gramm-Rudman? Let the Ax Fall, 24574 [13OC]

Is the Deficit Really So Bad?, 4471 [15MR]

New Top Republicans on House Budget Panel Say They Seek Bipartisan Solutions, 4927 [17MR]

Senator Sanford's Budget Bill—Realistic, Creative Proposals Deserve Serious Attention, 30120 [19NO]

Tax-and-Spend Democrats Never Learn, 25412 [20OC]

What Tax-Increasers Really Want, 4930 [17MR]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: continuing resolution (see H.R. 1153)

———further continuing (see H.J. Res. 433)

———enroll items agreed to by both Houses as a separate joint resolution (see S. 354)

———supplemental (see H.J. Res. 448)

———urgent supplemental (see H.J. Res. 445)

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: approval of the report of the President (see S.J. Res. 219; H.J. Res. 424)

Budget: amend provisions relative to presenting continuing resolutions to the President and consideration of such resolutions (see H.R. 3068)

———improve financial management information (see H.R. 2669)

———link outlays to percentage of GNP total (see H.R. 3070)

———modified freeze on Federal spending (see H. Con. Res. 15)

———President rescission of authority (see H.R. 808, 3271, 3583)

———President rescission of authority unless disapproved by joint resolution (see H.R. 1053)

———President statement on the size of the deficit (see H.R. 3411)

———Presidential order based on OMB report (see H.R. 3289)

———receipt and disbursement of Highway, Airport and Airway, and Inland Waterway Trust Funds not to be included in calculations (see H.R. 1352)

———reconciliation (see S. 1750)

———reconciliation for 1990-91 (see H.R. 3150)

———reform process (see H.R. 1957, 3464)

———sequestration if the deficit for the preceding fiscal year exceeds the target by more than $10 million (see S. 1850)

———treatment of actions occurring after a final sequestration (see H.R. 3837)

———2-year cycle (see H.R. 1262)

———use of current spending levels in preparation for each new fiscal year (see H.R. 1613)

Budget Trust Fund Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3531)

Commission on National Fiscal Priorities: establish (see H.R. 3452)

Congressional Budget Act: amend (see S. 532)

Debt Ceiling Reform Act: enact (see S. 532)

Deficit Reduction Act: clarify application (see H.R. 2658)

District of Columbia: determination of amount of Federal payment (see H.R. 3293)

———predictable and equitable method for determining the Federal payment (see H.R. 52)

Federal Credit Reform Act: enact (see S. 584)

Government: improvement in financial management (see H.R. 54)

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to the budget process (see H. Res. 264)

———amend rules relative to the role of continuing resolutions as short-term funding measures (see H. Res. 248)

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982)

Social Security: exclude receipts and disbursements from budget deficit calculation (see S. 537, 1785; H.R. 1044, 3083, 3323)

———payment of benefits by Dept. of the Treasury in case of congressional failure to increase public debt limit (see H.R. 3547)

———reduce rate of payroll taxes and resulting surplus in the trust fund relative to reducing the budget (see S. 922)

Social Security Truth in Budgeting Act: enact (see S. 1752)

States: minimize impact of Federal legislation imposing large unfunded costs (see H.R. 1043)

Bulletins

Apportionment under the fiscal year 1990 sequester: OMB, 23155 [4OC]

Letters

Budget for a Strong America: National Neighborhood Coalition, 27785 [7NO]

———Professionals' Coalition for Nuclear Arms Control, 27785 [7NO]

Budget reconciliation resolution: Representative Panetta, 21401 [22SE]

———Senator Bentsen, 24319 [12OC]

Budget's current status: Representative Panetta, 11217 [7JN]

Congressional budget for 1990-92: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 8312 [4MY]

———American Postal Workers Union, 8312 [4MY]

———National Conference of State Legislatures, 8311 [4MY]

Lists

Budget for a Strong America support organizations, 27785 [7NO]

Memorandums

Congressional Review of OMB Budget Requests: Library of Congress, 7155-7157 [19AP]

Memorials of legislature

Alabama, 20052 [12SE]

Hawaii, 11896 [15JN]

Idaho, 3142 [1MR]

Messages

Deferral of Budget Authority: President Bush, 6966 [18AP], 22638 [2OC]

Public opinion polls

Federal spending, taxes, and the budget deficit: Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation, 7105-7107 [19AP]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: continuing resolution (H.R. 1153), 2821 [28FE]

———opposition to a continuing resolution, 19514 [6SE]

———supplemental (H.J. Res. 448), 30789 [21NO]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: approval of the report of the President (H.J. Res. 424), committee discharged from further consideration, 26497 [30OC]

Budget: administration proposals, 3089-3094 [1MR]

———amend provisions relative to presenting continuing resolutions to the President and consideration of such resolutions (H.R. 3068), 17590 [1AU]

———deficit, 1728 [7FE], 2029 [9FE], 2794 [27FE], 3081 [1MR], 4051 [13MR], 4471 [15MR], 5117 [21MR], 9595 [17MY], 17127 [1AU], 19076 [4AU], 26492-26495 [30OC], 27075 [2NO], 28177 [9NO]

———expenditures versus revenue, 4484 [16MR]

———improve financial management information (H.R. 2669), 12209 [15JN]

———national priorities, 27775, 27786-27794 [7NO]

———President statement of the size of the deficit (H.R. 3411), 23405 [5OC], 24734 [16OC], 30395 [20NO]

———Presidential authority to reduce (H.R. 3271), 20430 [14SE]

———process, 24029 [11OC]

———receipt and disbursement of Highway, Airport and Airway, and Inland Waterway Trust Funds not to be included in calculations (H.R. 1352), 3844 [9MR]

———reconciliation, 26789 [1NO]

———reconciliation, veto, 27720 [7NO]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 21530-21577 [26SE], 21773, 22020-22055 [27SE]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), consideration (H. Res. 245), 21530-21533 [26SE]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), consideration (H. Res. 249), 21773-21780 [27SE]

———reconciliation for 1990-91 (H.R. 3150), 19318 [4AU], 19712 [7SE], 20928 [19SE]

———reform process (H.R. 3464), 24767 [17OC]

———sequestration, 26516 [31OC], 27716, 27721 [7NO], 27937, 27938 [8NO]

———status report, 11217 [7JN], 20760 [19SE]

———supplemental, 9456, 9462 [17MY]

———2-year cycle (H.R. 1262), 3550 [6MR], 30664 [20NO]

Budget Trust Fund Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3531), 26360 [26OC]

Commission on National Fiscal Priorities: establish (H.R. 3452), 24180 [12OC]

Committees of the House: extend cost estimates contained in reports accompanying legislation (H.R. 2170), 26512 [31OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: payment of benefits in case of congressional failure to increase public debt limit (H.R. 3547), 26587 [31OC]

Gasoline: taxation to reduce budget deficit, 1181 [27JA]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to the budget process (H. Res. 264), 24546 [13OC]

Postal Service: budget treatment (H.R. 982), 2174 [9FE], 20138-20143 [12SE], 24552 [13OC]

Public debt: reduction, 3674 [8MR]

Social Security: use of pension trust fund by Congress, 24177 [12OC]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: enroll items agreed to by both Houses as a separate joint resolution (S. 354), 1802 [7FE]

———President authority to reduce certain funding (S. 6), 488-491 [25JA], 6675 [17AP]

———supplemental (H.J. Res. 448), 31433 [21NO]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: approval of the report of the President (S.J. Res. 219), 25374 [20OC]

Budget: deficit, 3029 [28FE], 3246 [2MR], 4923, 4927, 4929 [17MR], 6671-6674, 6752 [17AP], 8321 [4MY], 18876 [4AU], 20777 [19SE], 26593-26599, 26602, 26688, 26691 [31OC], 27088 [3NO], 28626 [14NO], 29643 [17NO], 30122, 30123 [19NO]

———deficit and sequestration, 25632-25633 [24OC]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22883 [3OC]

———reconciliation (S. 1750), 24261-24264 [12OC], 24553, 24563-24566, 24568 [13OC], 27100 [3NO]

———reconciliation (S. 1750), unanimous-consent agreement, 24581-24584 [13OC]

———sequestration if the deficit for the preceding fiscal year exceeds the target by more than $10 million (S. 1850), 27890 [8NO]

———scorekeeping report, 3015 [28FE]

———status report, 4425 [15MR], 5617 [5AP], 8584 [9MY], 9300 [16MY], 10693 [1JN], 11134 [7JN], 14837 [17JY], 20891, 20892 [19SE], 21733, 21734 [26SE], 28720 [14NO]

Congressional Budget Act: amend (S. 532), 3752 [8MR]

Debt Ceiling Reform Act: enact (S. 532), 3752 [8MR]

Federal Credit Reform Act: enact (S. 584), 4359 [15MR]

Social Security: exclude reserves from deficit calculations (S. 537), 3758 [8MR]

———exclude trust fund from budget deficit calculation, 24569-24571 [13OC]

———reduce rate of payroll taxes and resulting surplus in the trust fund relative to reducing the budget (S. 922), 7986 [3MY]

Spending Control Enhancement Act: enact (S. 6), star printing, 1861 [7FE]

Reports

Budget Reconciliation: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 24264-24305 [12OC]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 24305-24311 [12OC]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works, 24311 [12OC]

———Committee on Finance, 24319-24462 [12OC]

Budget Scorekeeping Report: CBO, 3015 [28FE]

What's Missing From the Federal Budget?, 27784 [7NO]

Reports filed

Allocation of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (H. Rept. 101-97), 12808 [21JN]

Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals From the Concurrent Resolution: Committee on Appropriations (S. Rept. 101-75), 14319 [12JY]

Budget Reconciliation: Committee on the Budget (S. 1750) (S. Rept. 101-164), 24507 [12OC]

———committee of conference (H.R. 3299) (H. Rept. 101-386), 31242 [21NO]

———Consideration of H.R. 3299: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 245) (H. Rept. 101-248), 21407 [22SE]

Budgetary Treatment of Postal Service Fund: Committee on Government Operations (H.R. 982) (H. Rept. 101-177), 16562 [27JY]

———Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 982) (H. Rept. 101-177), 16427 [26JY]

Concurrent Resolution on the Budget: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Con. Res. 268) (H. Rept. 101-101), 12932 [22JN]

Congressional Budget Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H. Rept. 101-93), 12492 [20JN]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H. Rept. 101-77), 11242 [7JN]

Rosters

Membership of Coalition for Fiscal Restraint, 28090 [9NO]

Statements

Budget Reconciliation: President Bush, 27100 [3NO]

Economic and Budget Issues: Rudolph G. Penner, 3544-3546 [6MR]

Summaries

Budget Reconciliation (H.R. 3299) Conference Report, 31123-31127 [21NO]

Risks of Wishful Thinking: National Economic Commission, 24564, 24565 [13OC]

Surveys

Impacts of Full-Year Sequester: Committee on Appropriations (House), 27717-27720 [7NO]

Tables

Budget authority comparison, by department, 23888 [7OC]

Budget deficits, 21535 [26SE], 21574 [26SE], 21775 [27SE]

Budgetary impact of conference report on military construction appropriations, 26417 [27OC]

Differences between budget resolution deficits and actual deficits, 24042 [11OC]

Federal budget 1980-90, 8302 [4MY]

Loss of revenue since January 1, 1981 due to legislative changes, 24263 [12OC]

Rescissions under the Impoundment Control Act, 18959 [4AU]

Texts of

H. Res. 245, consideration of H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 21530 [26SE]

H. Res. 249, consideration of H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 21773 [27SE]

H.J. Res. 448, supplemental appropriations, 30789 [21NO]

H.R. 110, balance budget, 175 [3JA]

H.R. 982, budgetary treatment of Postal Service, 2175 [9FE], 20139 [12SE]

H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 21780-22019 [27SE]

H.R. 3411, require President to include statement on the size of the deficit, 23406 [5OC]

S. 6, Spending Enhancement Control Act, 489 [25JA]

S. 354, enroll appropriations items agreed to by both Houses as a separate joint resolution, 1803 [7FE]

S. 532, Debt Ceiling Reform Act, 3753 [8MR]

S. 537, budget deficit calculations shall exclude Social Security reserves, 3758 [8MR]

S. 584, Federal Credit Reform Act, 4360-4362 [15MR]

S. 1795, Social Security Preservation Act, 26028 [25OC]

S. 1850, require sequestration if the deficit for the preceding fiscal year exceeds the target by more than $10 million, 27890 [8NO]

S. Con. Res. 18, taxation of State and local government bonds, 3780 [8MR]

S. Res. 63, prohibit increase in excise tax on gas and diesel fuel, 2468 [22FE]

S. Res. 197, assistance for victims of the California earthquake without increasing the Federal deficit, 25955 [25OC]

S.J. Res. 219, approval of the report by the President required by Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, 25374 [20OC]