PUBLIC DEBT

Analyses

Dissipation of the Budget Surplus, H10061 [13DE]

Articles and editorials

Calming Down Frenzy for a Big Federal Tax Cut, S1108 [7FE]

Fiscal Souffle, S1109 [7FE]

Iffy Long-Term Numbers Are Poor Excuse for Huge Tax Cuts and Wild Spending, S1109 [7FE]

Paying Debt Should Have Highest Priority, S1119 [7FE]

Paying Off National Debt Will Yield Great Results, S1118 [7FE]

Sharp Adjustment, S447 [23JA]

Tax-Cut Mania, S446 [23JA]

Where Do We Put the Surplus?, S1099 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote to pass legislation that would result in a deficit (see H.J. Res. 53), H3357 [20JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 3), S915 [31JA] (see H.J. Res. 8), H166 [31JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.R. 79), H27 [3JA] (see H.J. Res. 9), H223 [7FE]

———constitutional amendment to treat certain trust funds as outside the budget (see H.J. Res. 26), H623 [1MR]

———encourage fiscal responsibility by using agreed-upon surplus, tax, and spending figures (see H. Con. Res. 19), H166 [31JA]

———provide new discretionary spending limits (see S. 1575), S11105 [25OC]

———public disclosure on treatment of Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 1204), H1114 [22MR]

———require sequestration of certain discretionary non-defense spending equal to the size of any on-budget deficit (see H.R. 2865), H5455 [6SE]

———require two-thirds vote for legislation changing discretionary spending limits or pay-as-you-go requirements if the budget for the current or immediately preceding year was not in surplus (see H.R. 816), H621 [1MR] (see H.R. 1065), H954 [15MR]

———sequestration of Federal spending relative to gross domestic product (see H.R. 1521), H1498 [4AP]

———use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H111 [30JA]

———use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes (see S. Con. Res. 21), S1972 [7MR] (see H. Con. Res. 55), H741 [7MR]

Federal agencies and departments: use of surplus administrative funds for personnel pay bonuses and deficit reduction (see H.R. 497), H222 [7FE]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 47), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 2414), H3804 [28JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 373), H165 [31JA]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 96), H27 [3JA] (see H.R. 219), H63 [6JA]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (see S.J. Res. 2), S101 [22JA]

Taxation: increase individual income tax rates and deposit increased funds into the Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 2935), H5926 [21SE]

Letters

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S3512 [5AP], S3666 [6AP]

———William R. Abrams, American Health Care Association, S3665 [6AP]

Memorandums

Recent Economic Conditions' Impact on the 10-Year Projection of the Federal Budget Surplus: Alan Blinder, Gene Sperling, and Jason Furman, S3513 [5AP]

Remarks in House

Budget: allocation of funds, H468 [28FE], H722-H738 [7MR], H744, H745, H748-H758, H763-H793, H799-H804, H807, H811, H812, H813, H815-H821 [8MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (H.R. 79), E6 [3JA]

———deficit, H359-H365 [14FE], H474-H479 [28FE], H630 [6MR], H2837, H2838 [25MY], H3869 [11JY], H8886 [5DE], H10060 [13DE]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H208, H210-H212 [7FE], H307-H309 [13FE], H359-H365 [14FE], H414 [27FE], H630 [6MR], H834 [13MR], H1158, H1160, H1161, H1166, H1169, H1170 [27MR], H1389 [3AP], H1512, H1513 [24AP], H2064 [9MY], H2961 [7JN], H5380-H5387 [5SE], H5492 [11SE], E1061 [8JN], E2355 [20DE]

———treatment of public debt, H753 [8MR], H1204, H1221, H1261 [28MR]

———use of real-world forecasts in assessing tax policy and spending habits, H2983 [7JN]

Bureau of Public Debt: report on public debt relative to foreign ownership and detailed cost data, H4559 [25JY]

Federal agencies and departments: use of surplus administrative funds for personnel pay bonuses and deficit reduction (H.R. 497), E132 [7FE]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, E1530 [3AU]

Republican Party: national agenda, H79 [30JA], H1016 [21MR]

Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act: make tax benefits contingent on the availability of sufficient surpluses outside Social Security and Medicare trust funds, H5174-H5176 [1AU]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H208 [7FE], H315-H319 [13FE], H921, H922, H923 [14MR], H963 [20MR], H1159-H1161, H1167, H1174 [27MR], H1205, H1206, H1208 [28MR], H1507-H1515 [24AP], H1937 [8MY], H2647, H2649, H2652 [23MY], H2836, H2839 [25MY], H3005 [12JN], H4960-H4964 [31JY], H5108 [1AU], H5492 [11SE], H7228, H7229, H7249, H7254, H7255 [24OC], H8886 [5DE], H9328-H9332 [12DE], E358 [14MR], E1632 [11SE], E2355 [20DE]

———reduce the public debt by the amount of net surplus in trust fund each fiscal year, H380-H384 [14FE], H475-H479 [28FE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: allocation of funds, S2106-S2112 [9MR], S2180-S2184 [13MR], S2807-S2812 [23MR], S2835-S2840 [26MR]

———balance, S5535 [23MY], S6986 [27JN]

———comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, S3777-S3782 [23AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 3), S927 [31JA]

———deficit, S19-S22 [4JA], S1098-S1110 [7FE], S1593-S1602 [27FE], S2577 [20MR], S2659 [21MR], S2726 [22MR], S2815, S2822 [23MR], S2892 [26MR], S2974 [27MR], S3051 [28MR], S3148 [29MR], S3212 [30MR], S3270 [2AP], S3336 [3AP], S3433 [4AP], S3526 [5AP], S3698 [6AP], S3784 [23AP], S3834 [24AP], S3918 [25AP], S3987 [26AP], S4036 [30AP], S4097 [1MY], S4168 [2MY], S4240 [3MY], S4415 [7MY], S4504 [8MY], S4587 [9MY], S4818 [10MY], S4886 [14MY], S4937 [15MY], S5002 [16MY], S5112 [17MY], S5263 [21MY], S5434 [22MY], S5608 [24MY], S5688 [25MY], S5827 [5JN], S5884 [6JN], S5961 [7JN], S6054 [11JN], S6121 [12JN], S6209 [13JN], S6316 [14JN], S6372 [18JN], S6444 [19JN], S6515 [20JN], S6597 [21JN], S7079 [28JN], S7190 [29JN], S7329 [9JY], S7420 [10JY], S7491 [11JY], S7585 [12JY], S7683 [16JY], S7802 [17JY], S7875 [18JY], S7946 [19JY], S8057 [23JY], S8115 [24JY], S8200 [25JY], S8279 [26JY], S8343 [27JY], S8393 [30JY], S8459 [31JY], S8568 [1AU], S8697 [2AU], S8907 [3AU], S9118 [5SE], S9190 [6SE], S9248 [10SE], S10446 [10OC]

———provide new discretionary spending limits (S. 1575), S11111 [25OC]

———reconciliation process, S1532-S1536 [15FE], S3261, S3263 [2AP], S3498-S3516 [5AP], S5028-S5030, S5054 [17MY], S5511, S5522-S5524 [23MY]

———status report, S702 [30JA], S3143 [29MR], S7800 [17JY]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S19-S22 [4JA], S692, S693 [30JA], S836-S839 [31JA], S1028 [6FE], S1098-S1110 [7FE], S1167-S1176 [8FE], S1262-S1264 [13FE], S1440 [15FE], S1923-S1925 [7MR], S3265, S3270 [2AP], S3802 [24AP], S4411 [7MY], S4579 [9MY], S5511, S5513, S5522-S5524 [23MY], S5666, S5674 [25MY], S7313-S7316 [9JY], S9013, S9016, S9017 [4SE], S9155 [6SE], S9208 [10SE], S10546 [11OC], S11673 [13NO]

———treatment of public debt, S446-S449 [23JA], S2173-S2176 [13MR], S2838 [26MR], S3295, S3308-S3312, S3318 [3AP], S4158 [2MY]

———use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes, S5087-S5093 [17MY], S5250-S5252 [21MY], S5491 [23MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: impact of tax cuts on public debt, S8870 [3AU]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S8884-S8886 [3AU], S11404-S11407 [2NO]

Rudman, Warren: Presidential Citizens Medal recipient, S910 [31JA]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S3286, S3287 [2AP], S3290-S3302 [3AP], S3473 [5AP], S4159 [2MY], S4574, S4575 [9MY], S5199-S5202, S5253, S5254 [21MY], S5408 [22MY], S5505-S5509 [23MY], S7313-S7318 [9JY], S7364-S7373, S7375, S7376 [10JY], S7999-S8001 [20JY], S8152 [25JY], S8499, S8502, S8628 [1AU], S12240 [30NO]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S8371-S8373 [30JY]

Taxation: reduce tax cuts and replace estate tax repeal with unified estate and gift tax credit and family-owned business interest deduction increases, and use savings for debt reduction and infrastructure improvements, S5208-S5214, S5254 [21MY], S5428 [22MY]

———reduce tax cuts and use savings to strengthen Social Security, S5415, S5416 [22MY]

———review of economic conditions relative to pending tax rate and debt reductions, S5238, S5239 [21MY]

Statements

Budget Reconciliation Process: Howard H. Baker, Jr., S1533 [15FE]

———Howard H. Baker, Jr. (1985), S3501 [5AP]

———Senator Byrd, S1533 [15FE]

———Senator Domenici, S1534 [15FE]

———Senator Domenici (1985), S3502 [5AP]

Market Financing Estimates: Dept. of the Treasury, S8871 [3AU]

Priorities of Budget Surpluses: Concord Coalition, S2173 [13MR]

Studies

Administration's Budget Reserve—Do the Numbers Add Up? Robert Greenstein, Richard Kogan, and Joel Friedman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H776 [8MR]

Administration's Budget—Gaps Between Rhetoric and Reality: Robert Greenstein, Richard Kogan, and Joel Friedman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H777 [8MR]

In Bush Budget, Tax Cuts for Top One Percent Are Larger Than Health, Education, and All Other Initiatives Combined: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H778 [8MR]

In Many States, One-Third To One-Half of Families Would Not Benefit From Bush Tax Plan: Nick Johnson, Allen Dupree, and Isaac Shapiro, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H779-H781 [8MR]

Is a Large Tax Cut Needed To Forestall an Explosion in Spending? Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H776 [8MR]

Is the House Tax Bill Needed To Avert a Recession? Peter R. Orszag, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H778 [8MR]

New Joint Tax Committee Estimates Raise Cost of Bush Tax Plan: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H775 [8MR]

Summaries

Provide New Discretionary Spending Limits (S. 1575), S11111 [25OC]

Tables

Budget realities, S11404 [2NO]

Federal budget deficits, trust funds, national debt, and interest costs (1946-2001), S20 [4JA]

Federal Government financing and debt, S2176 [13MR]

Federal trust funds used to balance the budget, S21 [4JA]

History of unreliability in budget projections, S4580 [9MY]

Means of financing the deficit or disposition of surplus by the U.S. Government, S2174 [13MR], S11405 [2NO]

Public debt to the penny, S446 [23JA], S2175 [13MR], S11406 [2NO], S13887 [20DE]

Who holds the public debt?, S448 [23JA], S2175 [13MR], S13887 [20DE]

Texts of

S. 1575, provide new discretionary spending limits, S11111 [25OC]

S. Con. Res. 21, use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes, S2013 [7MR]