PUBLIC DEBT

Addresses

State of the Union: President Bush (2001) (excerpt), S1698 [29JA]

Advertisements

SensorNet Science Program: AccuLab Products Group, S9477 [16JY]

Amendments

Government: ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S7094, S7096, S7098, S7101, S7106, S7112, S7113, S7114, S7161, S7162 [23MY]

Analyses

Bush Administration Budget Proposals, H1361 [26FE]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction (2002): Feingold Amendment To Extend Budgetary Mechanisms and Spending Caps, S5281 [11AP]

Articles and editorials

Biggest ``Tax'' Is Debt, E2236 [5NO]

Budgetary Shock and Awe, H4194 [15MY]

Cutbacks to Our Children, S5275 [11AP]

Deficits and Dysfunction, S8222 [19JN]

Delusional on the Deficit, S8223 [19JN]

Digging the Deficit Hole, S3376 [10MR]

Iraqi Time Bomb, S5166-S5168 [10AP]

New Global Job Shift, S1701-S1703 [29JA]

Tax Lunacy, S7108 [23MY]

Tax Wealthy To Pay for Iraq War—Test Patriotism's Deeper Meaning, S11462 [15SE]

2004 Budget Likely To Show Record Deficits, S1699 [29JA]

Washington's Biggest Deficit Is the Shortfall of Courage, E1682 [4SE]

Washington's Weak Dollar Policy, S7108 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H704 [13FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced and protect Social Security surpluses (see S.J. Res. 2), S37 [7JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 6), H60 [7JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 22), consideration (see H. Res. 275), H5366 [12JN]

———establish a deficit reduction account in the U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 3302), H9477 [15OC]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 1175), H1743 [11MR] (see H.R. 1278), H1901 [13MR]

———public disclosure on treatment of Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 855), H704 [13FE]

———reduce deficit by reducing wasteful spending (see H.R. 3164), H8904 [24SE]

———require balanced and protect Social Security surpluses (see S. 689), S4275 [21MR]

Government: adopt fiscal and economic policies to finance and manage Federal liabilities, commitments, and critical governmental responsibilities (see S. 1915), S15406 [21NO]

———ceiling (see H.R. 2156), H4367 [20MY] (see H.J. Res. 51), H3354 [11AP]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 297), H136 [8JA] (see H.R. 921), H1394 [26FE] (see H.R. 2412), H5174 [10JN]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 133), H1681 [6MR]

Iraq: raise revenue and reduce large and increasing Federal budget deficits due to the cost of the war in Iraq (see H.R. 1804), H3352 [11AP]

Social Security: 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), H55 (see H.R. 219), H59 [7JA]

Excerpts

Budget Enforcement Act: off-budget status of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance trust funds, S3006 [3MR]

Letters

Budget reconciliation process: Alan Frumin, S5296 [11AP]

Domestic Budget Protection Act: Representative Owens, H4193 [15MY]

Require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction: Representative Camp, E796 [29AP]

Social Security system: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S3937-S3939 [19MR]

Lists

Appropriate levels of public debt in S. Con. Res. 23, setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013, S3946 [19MR]

Motions

Government: ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S7110 [23MY]

Remarks in House

Budget: balance, H374-H381 [11FE], H434 [12FE], H1805 [12MR], H1890 [13MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H5244 [11JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (H.J. Res. 6), E7 [8JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 22), E253 [13FE]

———debt limit, H16 [7JA], H1362, H1364 [26FE], H1885-H1888, H1893 [13MR], H3291, H3292, H3295, H3296 [10AP], H5717 [24JN]

———deficit, H374-H381 [11FE], H429-H432, H434, H435 [12FE], H1361, H1362, H1364, H1370-H1377 [26FE], H1733-H1735 [11MR], H1754, H1802-H1807 [12MR], H1885-H1888, H1892, H1893 [13MR], H1938-H1944 [18MR], H2116-H2117 [19MR], H2141, H2143, H2145-H2149 [20MR], H2563 [1AP], H2693 [2AP], H3026-H3031 [9AP], H3282, H3287, H3288, H3295, H3296 [10AP], H3545-H3552 [30AP], H3747-H3755 [7MY], H4226 [19MY], H4259 [20MY], H4534-H4542, H4560 [22MY], H5070, H5072, H5073 [9JN], H5244, H5245 [11JN], H5270, H5318, H5319, H5339, H5348 [12JN], H6441-H6448 [9JY], H6999, H7000, H7001 [16JY], H7024 [17JY], H7114 [18JY], H7235 [22JY], H7334 [23JY], H7459 [24JY], H7792, H7798, H7817-H7819 [3SE], H7844 [4SE], H7953 [5SE], H8227, H8270-H8276 [16SE], H8289 [17SE], H8494 [24SE], H8908 [25SE], H9025 [30SE], H9037, H9077 [1OC], H9259 [7OC], H10325-H10330 [4NO], E1682 [4SE], E2236 [5NO]

———impact of Federal spending on the deficit, H9822 [28OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1284 [25FE], H10324-H10330 [4NO]

Foreign policy: status of U.S. relationships with traditional allies and within international organizations, H2559 [1AP]

Government: ceiling, H3283, H3284 [10AP], H3646 [6MY], H6999 [16JY]

———ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), H4226 [19MY], H4337-H4342 [20MY], H4532, H4533 [22MY]

———ceiling (H.R. 2156), H4533, H4714 [22MY]

———growth in size and spending, H6595-H6600 [10JY]

Iraq: raise revenue and reduce large and increasing Federal budget deficits due to the cost of the war in Iraq (H.R. 1804), H3933 [9MY], H4192-H4195 [15MY], H5660 [19JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1361 [26FE], H1804, H1805 [12MR], H1885-H1888, H1892 [13MR], H2113, H2114, H2116 [19MR], H3294, H3295 [10AP], H4335 [20MY], H5073, H5075 [9JN], H7213-H7216 [21JY], H8272, H8275, H8276 [16SE], H9475 [15OC]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (H.R. 219), H2652 [2AP], E1 [8JA]

Status, H9286 [8OC], H9685 [17OC]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: balance, S1661 [28JA], S6060 [13MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced and protect Social Security surpluses (S.J. Res. 2), S85 [7JA]

———debt limit, S5266, S5270 [11AP]

———deficit, S1660 [28JA], S2783 [26FE], S3376-S3379 [10MR], S4403, S4404 [26MR], S5159, S5166 [10AP], S5269, S5290-S5293 [11AP], S6042 [13MY], S6152, S6153 [14MY], S6951-S6958 [22MY], S7074, S7075 [23MY], S8222 [19JN], S9362, S9385-S9390 [15JY], S9489 [16JY], S9516, S9578-S9580 [17JY], S9746 [23JY], S10181 [30JY], S10488-S10490 [31JY], S11935 [25SE], S12487 [14OC], S14608 [12NO]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, S2245-S2248, S2282 [12FE]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, S5280-S5282 [11AP]

———extend pay-as-you-go requirement, S7102-S7105 [23MY]

———extend pay-as-you-go requirement relative to tax cuts or entitlement spending, S4358 [25MR]

———reconciliation process, S4340 [25MR], S5296, S5298-S5302, S5307 [11AP]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to deficit reduction, S4114-S4125 [20MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism and to deficit reduction, S4349 [25MR]

———status report, S7228 [3JN], S11979 [25SE], S12528 [14OC], S13900 [4NO], S14449 [11NO]

———treatment of public debt, S1697-S1703 [29JA]

CBO: require report on debt impact of future budget resolutions, S7114 [23MY]

Dept. of Defense: reduce appropriations for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S9475-S9480 [16JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S1660 [28JA], S3110 [5MR], S3208 [6MR], S3774-S3798, S3811-S3813 [17MR]

Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, S7111, S7112 [23MY]

Government: ceiling, S4664 [2AP], S4808 [3AP]

———ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S5616 [30AP], S5619, S5640 [1MY], S5697 [5MY], S6055-S6061 [13MY], S7089-S7115 [23MY]

———ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), unanimous-consent agreement, S5838 [7MY], S6964 [22MY]

———ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), unanimous-consent request, S5838 [7MY], S6022 [12MY]

———reduce proposed ceiling increase, S7094, S7095 [23MY]

Iraq: require Presidential report to Congress on cost of use of Armed Forces against Iraq and rebuilding efforts before consideration of deficit-increasing legislation except for economic stimulus or homeland security purposes, S3815-S3820, S3822, S3840, S3848-S3854, S3857, S3858, S3874 [18MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S3005-S3007 [3MR], S3376 [10MR], S3946 [19MR], S5269, S5270 [11AP], S5829 [7MY], S6039-S6041 [13MY], S7106-S7110 [23MY], S9578-S9580 [17JY]

———redirect proposed tax cut revenues into reserve fund to strengthen trust funds, S3845-S3855 [18MR], S4356 [25MR]

Taxation: impact of sunset provisions on cost forecasts, S7112-S7114 [23MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S7098 [23MY]

Reports

Deficits, Deception and Denial Rate a Failing Grade: Concord Coalition, S9476 [16JY]

Social Security and the Unified Budget: Alan Greenspan, National Commission on Social Security Reform (1983), S3005 [3MR]

Schedules

2001 debt timeline, S3379 [10MR]

Statements

Balancing the Budget: several Senators, S6061 [13MY]

Tables

Budget realities, S3377 [10MR], S4067 [20MR]

CBO baseline projections of Federal interest and debt, S11461 [15SE]

CBO's projections of Federal debt under its adjusted baseline, S1701 [29JA]

Daily history of debt results, S7106 [23MY]

Debt to the penny, S1699 [29JA], S3006 [3MR]

Federal budget deficits, trust funds, national debt, and interest costs (1947-2002), S1698 [29JA]

Federal Government financing and debt, S3377 [10MR], S4068 [20MR]

Profits of certain corporations, H4193 [15MY]

Social Security tax rates for 2002 and later, S3942 [19MR]

Social Security trust fund financial operations (2002), S3942 [19MR]

Texts of

H.R. 2156, public debt ceiling, H4715 [22MY]

S. 689, Truth in Budgeting and Social Security Protection Act, S4288-S4295 [21MR]