PUBLIC DEBT

Amendments

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4972, H4975, H4978, H4980, H4986, H4991, H4997, H4998, H5001, H5003, H5006, H5015, H5044 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4906 [24JN]

Government: ceiling (S. 2986), consideration (H. Res. 856), H9973 [18NO]

Articles and editorials

Bush Unlikely To Fulfill Vow on Deficit Budget Office Projects, H6736 [7SE]

Rigging the Budget Rules, S2514 [10MR]

Soaring Ceilings, H9967 [18NO]

There's Plenty for a Free Press To Report, S12057 [8DE]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 29), S2717 [11MR] (see H.J. Res. 86), H89 [21JA]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (see H.R. 4663), H4893 [23JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (see H. Res. 692), H4892 [23JN]

———establish pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (see H.R. 4648), H4765 [22JN]

———extend discretionary spending caps (see H.R. 4649), H4765 [22JN]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 3853), H699 [26FE] (see H.R. 3973), H1116 [16MR] (see H.R. 3995), H1321 [18MR]

Government: ceiling (see S. 2986), S11377 [16NO]

———ceiling (S. 2986), consideration (see H. Res. 856), H9962 [17NO]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 3791), H434 [10FE]

———reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see S. 2041), S370 [2FE] (see H.R. 3736), H243 [28JA]

Excerpts

As Income Gap Widens, Uncertainty Spreads, S9402 [21SE]

Explanations

Kerry-Edwards Economic Plan: Senators Kerry and Edwards, S9403 [21SE]

Motions

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H5064 [24JN]

Government: ceiling (S. 2986), H9985 [18NO]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: allow the President to propose elimination of wasteful spending through recissions in appropriations bills, H5004-H5006 [24JN]

Armed Forces: budget treatment of military retirement trust fund, H903 [9MR]

Budget: across-the-board funding reductions, H5958 [19JY]

———allocation of funds, H227-H230 [28JA], H495-H503 [11FE], H2247-H2253 [21AP]

———balance, H710 [2MR], H5172 [6JY], E1297 [7JY]

———consolidate budget functions into a one-page budget with spending divided into certain categories, H4977, H4978 [24JN]

———convert current nonbinding resolution into joint budget resolution that if signed by the President would have the force of law, H4998-H5001 [24JN]

———debt limit, H1765 [31MR], H2192 [20AP], H2250, H2251 [21AP]

———deficit, H102 [27JA], H129, H130, H230-H241 [28JA], H251, H279, H281, H296 [3FE], H314 [4FE], H416-H420, H422 [10FE], H487 [11FE], H519 [24FE], H687 [26FE], H710 [2MR], H898, H899, H900, H903 [9MR], H1001 [10MR], H1045-H1051 [11MR], H1078 [16MR], H1207 [17MR], H1354, H1363 [23MR], H1466 [24MR], H2133 [2AP], H2176-H2182 [20AP], H2205 [21AP], H2432, H2452 [28AP], H2716 [6MY], H3098 [18MY], H3234 [19MY], H3725 [3JN], H3876 [14JN], H4750, H4751 [22JN], H4768 [23JN], H4896, H4903, H4904 [24JN], H5404 [9JY], H5540 [13JY], H5952-H5962 [19JY], H5989 [20JY], H6446, H6447, H6540-H6544 [21JY], H6561 [22JY], H6736 [7SE], H6761, H6859-H6865 [8SE], H7195 [15SE], H7307-H7313 [21SE], H7421 [22SE], H8009-H8015 [4OC], E341 [11MR]

———eliminate requirement of providing budget authority and outlays for all the functional categories in the budget resolution, H4978-H4980 [24JN]

———establish budget protection accounts allowing Congress to reduce spending and redirect it towards tax cuts or deficit reduction, H5002, H5003 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4769 [23JN], H4961-H5066 [24JN], E1289 [25JN], E1297 [7JY]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4898-H4908 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), motion to recommit, H5064 [24JN]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, H251 [3FE], H369, H370 [4FE], H487 [11FE], H1057-H1063 [11MR], H7078, H7079 [14SE], E261 [26FE]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (H.R. 3853), H757 [3MR]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (H.R. 3973), amendment process, H4562 [18JN]

———impose an entitlement cap to limit increases in total direct spending to increases in inflation and growth in a given program's beneficiary population, H4984-H4986 [24JN]

———improve forecasting for entitlement spending programs, H4997 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1355 [23MR], H1457, H1466 [24MR], H1486, H1489-H1491 [25MR], H1596 [29MR], H1651-H1661 [30MR], H1763, H1765 [31MR], H2176-H2182 [20AP], H2585-H2593 [5MY], H2876-H2882 [12MY], H2943, H2945, H2988 [13MY], H3360-H3364, H3367, H3368 [19MY], H4619 [21JN], H4731 [22JN], H4767 [23JN], H5952-H5957 [19JY], H6101-H6104 [20JY], H7400-H7404 [22SE], H9711, H9712 [16NO], H9969-H9973, H9975, H9979-H9986 [18NO], E2079 [20NO], E2135 [24NO]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H6123, H6124 [20JY], H6761 [8SE], H7194 [15SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prevent use of retirement trust funds in order to circumvent the statutory debt limit, H7253, H7280-H7282 [21SE]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H3232, H3235 [19MY], H3405 [20MY], H8173 [6OC], H9707, H9709 [16NO], H9894 [17NO], E1771 [1OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, H899, H907-H913 [9MR], H1045-H1051 [11MR], H1583-H1585 [25MR], H2039 [1AP], H2139-H2144 [2AP], H2168, H2169, H2182-H2188 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2452 [28AP], H3098 [18MY], H3600 [1JN], H3609, H3711-H3717 [2JN], H4573-H4577 [18JN], H4617, H4620, H4622, H4635-H4638 [21JN], H4886-H4890 [23JN], H4896 [24JN], H5140-H5146 [25JN], H5187-H5192 [6JY], H5326-H5328 [7JY], H5464, H5466 [9JY], H5540, H5545 [13JY], H6740 [7SE], H7035 [13SE], H7418, H7420 [22SE], H9748 [17NO], H10003 [19NO]

Government: ceiling, H3162-H3168 [18MY], H3237, H3238, H3239, H3240, H3363, H3364, H3367, H3368 [19MY], H4675-H4682 [22JN], H4768 [23JN], H4896 [24JN], H6540-H6544 [21JY], H8009-H8015 [4OC]

———ceiling (S. 2986), H9689, H9706-H9713 [16NO], H9748, H9749 [17NO], H9975-H9987, H9991 [18NO], E2079, E2093 [20NO], E2135 [24NO], E2180 [7DE]

———ceiling (S. 2986), consideration (H. Res. 856), H9966-H9975 [18NO], E2122 [20NO]

———ceiling (S. 2986), motion to commit, H9985 [18NO]

Inflation: impact on economic conditions, H5384 [8JY]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (H.R. 3791), H399 [10FE]

Republican Party: fiscal management, E2108 [20NO]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H864-H868 [4MR], H903 [9MR], H1079 [16MR], H1427 [24MR], H1733-H1737 [30MR], H2192-H2195 [20AP], H3876 [14JN], H5643-H5646 [13JY], H7307, H7308, H7310, H7311 [21SE], H9711 [16NO]

———payroll taxes, H3589-H3593 [1JN]

———remedies to preserve benefits proposed by FRS, H635, H636, H687 [26FE]

———solvency, H670, H671 [26FE], H864-H868 [4MR], H1328 [23MR], H1375, H1458 [24MR], H1503 [25MR], H1733-H1737 [30MR], H1763 [31MR], H2194 [20AP], H2247-H2250, H2253 [21AP], H2471-H2475 [28AP], H2717 [6MY], H3176-H3180 [18MY], H6885-H6889 [8SE], H8143 [5OC], E230 [25FE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: allow point of order against direct spending or revenue legislation that increases on-budget deficits in any fiscal year until the budget is balanced without Social Security, S2384-S2389, S2393-S2396, S2403-S2407 [9MR], S2525-S2529 [10MR]

———comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, S2277-S2281 [8MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 29), S2727 [11MR]

———debt limit, S2675 [11MR]

———deficit, S231, S237-S239 [26JA], S341, S363-S365 [2FE], S581-S584 [4FE], S646, S647 [5FE], S959, S961, S962 [11FE], S1206, S1223 [12FE], S1873-S1877 [27FE], S2264-S2269, S2274-S2277 [8MR], S2380-S2384, S2410, S2462-S2464 [9MR], S2617, S2693, S2697 [11MR], S3397-S3407 [31MR], S4342 [26AP], S4790 [4MY], S6392, S6393 [3JN], S7148-S7152 [22JN], S8828 [7SE], S9483-S9487 [22SE], S10771 [8OC]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, S531-S537 [3FE], S581-S584 [4FE], S678 [6FE], S1873-S1877 [27FE], S2407-S2410 [9MR]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, S2510-S2516, S2518 [10MR], S5334, S5335 [12MY], S11404 [17NO]

———status report, S28 [20JA], S2990 [23MR], S4152 [20AP], S7932 [12JY], S9124 [13SE], S11364 [16NO]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3523-S3525 [1AP], S8495-S8498 [21JY], S8983 [9SE], S9120 [13SE]

CBO: analysis of budget estimates, S8929 [8SE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, S8822 [7SE]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, S10810 [8OC], S11281 [11OC], S11399-S11418 [17NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, S2389-S2392, S2396-S2398, S2399-S2403 [9MR], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3555 [1AP], S3619-S3622 [2AP], S3730-S3732 [5AP], S3742-S3745, S3778-S3780 [6AP], S3873, S3875 [7AP], S4116-S4118 [20AP], S4782-S4784 [4MY], S5176-S5179 [11MY], S5739 [19MY], S6387, S6388, S6390-S6394 [3JN], S6476-S6478 [4JN], S6689 [14JN], S7776-S7778 [8JY], S8825-S8827, S8842 [7SE], S9059-S9061 [10SE], S9271-S9273 [15SE], S9401-S9404 [21SE], S9480-S9486 [22SE], S10416 [5OC], S10770-S10774, S10800 [8OC], S10955 [9OC], S11246-S11249, S11250, S11272-S11274 [11OC]

Government: ceiling, S7358 [24JN]

———ceiling (S. 2986), S11398-S11418 [17NO], S11480-S11482 [18NO]

———ceiling (S. 2986), unanimous-consent agreement, S11390 [16NO]

National objectives: priority assignments, S6825 [16JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S1223 [12FE]

———prevent unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program funds from reverting to the Treasury rather than being used to provide coverage for low-income children, S2656 [11MR]

———solvency, S1873-S1877 [27FE], S2269 [8MR], S3051 [24MR]

Reports

CBO Figures Indicate Lower Revenues, Not Higher Spending, Account for the Large Deficit: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H240 [28JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4663, Spending Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 692) (H. Rept. 108-566), H4892 [23JN]

Consideration of S. 2986, Public Debt Ceiling: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 856) (H. Rept. 108-778), H9962 [17NO]

Spending Control Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3973) (H. Rept. 108-442), H1326 [22MR]

Statements

Basic Assumptions and Principles for an Alternative Budget: Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Progressive Caucus, H241 [28JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 692, consideration of H.R. 4663, Spending Control Act, H4898 [24JN]

H. Res. 856, consideration of S. 2986, public debt ceiling, H9966 [18NO]

H.R. 4664, Spending Control Act, H4970-H4972 [24JN]

S. 2986, public debt ceiling, S11382 [16NO], S11418 [17NO], H9975 [18NO]

S.J. Res. 29, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S2728 [11MR]