PUBLIC DEBT

Articles and editorials

Prosperity Easy To Destroy, H4155 [27JN]

Social Security Fine—Why Rush To Fix It?, E639 [26AP]

Why Gold?, E1537 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 85), H833 [12MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H1674 [25AP]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures (see S. 2791), S7372 [25JY]

———extend discretionary spending caps (see H.R. 4767), H2607 [16MY]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 4593), H1673 [25AP]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, protect Social Security, institute biennial budgeting, and reform treatment of Federal insurance programs (see S. 3131), S10676 [17OC]

———extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 5502), H6783 [30SE]

———increase statutory debt limit and require a Presidential plan to restore balanced budgets and protect Social Security (see H.R. 4594), H1673 [25AP]

———provide a responsible increase in the debt limit, restore fiscal discipline, and safeguard Social Security (see H.R. 4758), H2607 [16MY]

———reduce preexisting pay-go balances (see H.R. 5708), H8545 [12NO]

———reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), consideration (see H. Res. 602), H8731 [13NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent when the budget is in balance or surplus, and the OMB determines that relief will not cause deficit (see H.R. 5043), H4324 [27JN]

Government: ceiling (see S. 2578), S4967 [4JN]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 486), H4605 [15JY]

OMB: reduce preexisting balances on the pay-go scorecard to zero and extend statutory budget disciplines (see H.R. 5672), H8022 [16OC]

Cloture motions

Government: ceiling (S. 2578), S5316 [10JN]

Letters

Budget deficit: Representative Nick Smith, H17 [23JA]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.J. Res. 86, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H2895 [22MY]

Motions

Budget: reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), H8791 [14NO]

Government: ceiling (S. 2578), H4164 [27JN]

Papers

Feingold Amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill—A Workable and Responsible Strengthening of Fiscal Discipline: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S5811 [20JN]

Remarks in House

Budget: allocation of funds, H85 [29JA], H133-H138 [5FE], H545-H551 [26FE], H6967-H6974 [2OC]

———balance, H5 [23JA], H1757-H1762 [30AP], H2925 [22MY], H6412 [19SE], H6534 [24SE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H4568 [12JY], H4658 [15JY], H4750 [16JY], H4863 [17JY], H4913 [18JY], H5073 [22JY], H5461 [25JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 86), H2894, H2909 [22MY]

———debt limit, H659 [5MR]

———deficit, H17 [23JA], H40, H52-H59 [24JA], H144, H145 [6FE], H824, H827 [12MR], H2145-H2151 [7MY], H2667 [21MY], H3646-H3651 [18JN], H4727-H4738, H4745, H4746, H4751 [16JY], H6287-H6289 [17SE], H6397, H6412 [19SE], H6475, H6533-H6544 [24SE], H6922 [1OC]

———encourage fiscal responsibility, H3148-H3150 [4JN], H3646-H3651 [18JN]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, H6288 [17SE], H6538-H6544 [24SE]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, H1757-H1762 [30AP]

———extend pay-as-you-go requirement (H.R. 5502), E1708 [30SE]

———provide a responsible increase in the debt limit, restore fiscal discipline, and safeguard Social Security (H.R. 4758), H4159 [27JN]

———reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), H8785-H8794 [14NO]

———reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), consideration (H. Res. 602), H8549-H8554 [13NO]

———reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), motion to recommit, H8792 [14NO]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H720 [6MR], H742 [7MR], H1065 [20MR], E224 [28FE]

———treatment of public debt, H133-H138 [5FE], H2168 [8MY]

Economy: comparison between congressional and Bush administration policies, H6786 [1OC]

———role of Government in causing and remedying economic recession, H221-H223 [7FE]

Government: ceiling, H680-H685 [5MR], H888-H894 [13MR], H990-H996 [19MR], H1318-H1324 [16AP], H1492 [23AP], H1757-H1762 [30AP], H2430-H2437 [14MY], H2810-H2815 [21MY], H2837, H2894, H2895, H2897, H2899, H2900, H2910, H2912, H2913, H2915, H2919, H2921, H2923, H2924, H2925, H2932, H2933 [22MY], H2948-H2980, H2982, H2983, H2987-H2996, H3015-H3022, H3026-H3032 [23MY], H3062, H3070 [24MY], H3266, H3268 [6JN], H3646, H3649, H3650 [18JN], H3812, H3813 [21JN], H3866 [25JN], H4742, H4745 [16JY], E900, E934, E936 [24MY], E947 [5JN]

———ceiling (S. 2578), H4140, H4141, H4154-H4166 [27JN]

———ceiling (S. 2578), motion to commit, H4164 [27JN]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, E1322 [24JY]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (H. Res. 486), E1259 [15JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H111, H133-H138 [5FE], H146-H154 [6FE], H658, H659, H669 [5MR], H689, H690 [6MR], H788-H790, H792, H823-H828 [12MR], H837 [13MR], H909 [14MR], H941, H942, H944, H983 [19MR], H1007, H1008, H1022-H1024, H1027-H1029, H1044, H1045, H1047-H1052, H1057-H1071, H1081 [20MR], H1318-H1324 [16AP], H1417, H1420, H1422-H1427, H1437-H1452 [18AP], H1757-H1762 [30AP], H2145-H2151 [7MY], H2668, H2669, H2686-H2688 [21MY], H2910, H2913, H2915, H2916, H2919, H2922, H2923, H2924 [22MY], H2952, H2955, H2961, H2965, H2991-H2994, H3014-H3022, H3026-H3032 [23MY], H3250, H3253-H3257, H3283, H3284 [6JN], H3428 [11JN], H3463-H3471 [12JN], H4036 [26JN], H4399 [9JY], H4748, H4750 [16JY], H4924 [18JY], H6533-H6544 [24SE], H6990 [3OC], H8014 [16OC], E289 [6MR], E639 [26AP], E934 [24MY], E947 [5JN], E1956 [24OC]

Taxation: increase individual income tax rates and deposit increased funds into the Social Security trust funds (H.R. 2935), E117 [7FE]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: comparison between congressional and Bush administration spending proposals, S8429 [10SE]

Budget: comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, S8638, S8642 [17SE], S9091, S9092 [24SE]

———deficit, S13 [23JA], S3460 [26AP], S6934-S6936 [17JY], S9654 [1OC], S9812, S9815-S9819 [2OC]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, S9703 [1OC], S10527-S10531, S10553 [16OC]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures (S. 2791), S7324 [25JY]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, S5015-S5018 [5JN], S5337 [11JN], S5809-S5812 [20JN], S7866 [1AU]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, protect Social Security, institute biennial budgeting, and reform treatment of Federal insurance programs (S. 3131), S10687 [17OC]

———reconciliation process, S891-S894 [15FE]

———reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), S11223 [15NO]

———status report, S4955 [4JN], S7780 [1AU], S8747 [18SE]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S4556 [20MY], S9659 [1OC]

———treatment of public debt, S154-S158 [28JA]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S8711-S8718 [18SE], S8889, S8892-S8894, S8913 [19SE], S9005-S9008, S9010, S9011 [23SE], S9099 [24SE], S9179-S9183 [25SE]

———role of Government in causing and remedying economic recession, S9655-S9660 [1OC], S10033 [7OC], S10350 [10OC], S10403-S10412 [15OC], S10553-S10557 [16OC]

Government: ceiling, S2231 [21MR]

———ceiling (S. 2578), S4983 [4JN], S4991 [5JN], S5194 [6JN], S5337, S5338 [11JN]

———ceiling (S. 2578), unanimous-consent agreement, S5319 [11JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S157 [28JA], S257, S259 [4FE], S312, S316 [5FE], S2907 [18AP], S2999 [22AP], S3460 [26AP], S4293 [14MY], S4364 [15MY], S5338 [11JN], S5393 [12JN], S6934-S6936 [17JY], S7866 [1AU], S8714 [18SE], S8892-S8894 [19SE], S9654 [1OC]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 2), S8668 [17SE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.J. Res. 124, Continuing Appropriations, and H.R. 5708, Preexisting Pay-Go Budget Balance Reductions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 602) (H. Rept. 107-775), H8731 [13NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Government: ceiling (S. 2578), H4165 [27JN]

Tables

CBO revisions in baseline surplus and deficit totals, S8893 [19SE]

Debt to the penny, S9818 [2OC]

Federal budget deficits, trust funds, national debt, and interest costs (1947-2002), S155 [28JA]

Public debt to the penny, S4745 [23MY]

Sources of Federal budget deficit, S7336 [25JY]

Who holds the public debt?, S4745 [23MY]

Testimonies

Outlook for the Federal Budget and Implications for Fiscal Policy: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S9816-S9818 [2OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 602, consideration of H.J. Res. 124, continuing appropriations, and H.R. 5708, reduction of preexisting pay-go budget balances, H8549 [13NO]

H.R. 5708, reduce preexisting pay-go budget balances, H8785 [14NO]

S. 2578, public debt ceiling, H4154 [27JN]

S. 3131, Truth in Budgeting and Social Security Protection Act, S10680-S10687 [17OC]

Transcripts

Budget Reconciliation Process: Committee on the Budget (Senate), S891-S893 [15FE]