BUDGET—U.S.

Agenda

Emergency meeting on status of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House), H9955 [20DE]

Amendments

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2231 [1AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), S2341 [8AP], H2565 [8AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (H. Res. 206), H2422 [7AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1265 [4MR], S1332 [7MR], S1413 [8MR], S1511 [9MR], H776, H777, H778, H779, H780, H781, H782, H783, H784, H785, H786, H787, H788, H789, H790, H791, H792, H793, H794, H795, H796 [14FE], H830, H844, H846, H849, H854, H855, H873, H875, H878, H881, H882, H886, H888, H889, H890, H893, H895, H897, H900, H901, H902, H903, H904, H908, H910, H924, H925, H926, H927, H928, H929, H930, H931, H933, H934, H935 [15FE], H968, H970, H976, H981, H982, H984, H986, H987, H988, H989, H990, H992, H999, H1001, H1002, H1003, H1007, H1014, H1016, H1020, H1023, H1024, H1025, H1028, H1031, H1032, H1033, H1036, H1041, H1045, H1051, H1055, H1056, H1057, H1060, H1063, H1064, H1067, H1071 [16FE], H1091, H1094, H1095, H1096, H1102, H1103, H1106, H1111, H1114, H1115, H1121, H1125, H1131, H1144, H1145, H1149, H1155, H1182, H1183, H1184, H1185, H1186 [17FE], H1202, H1213, H1215, H1217, H1220, H1221, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1226, H1231, H1243, H1245, H1246, H1247, H1249, H1257, H1258, H1261, H1262, H1265, H1268, H1269, H1271, H1272, H1273, H1275, H1277, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1282, H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288, H1289, H1290, H1291, H1308, H1310, H1311, H1312, H1313, H1314, H1315, H1316, H1317, H1318, H1319, H1320, H1322, H1323, H1324, H1325, H1327, H1328, H1342, H1345, H1346, H1349 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H814 [15FE]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H436 [24JA]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (H. Res. 43), H414 [24JA]

Constitutional amendments: balance (S.J. Res. 10), S8508, S8551 [13DE]

———balance (S.J. Res. 24), S8507, S8551 [13DE]

Economy: express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9958 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S8749, S8752, S8776, S8780 [17DE], H8763, H8882 [13DE], H9960 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8757 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9958 [20DE]

Federal budget: setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2843 [14AP], H2862, H2870, H2884 [15AP]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2684 [14AP]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 466), H7743 [17NO]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 206), H2422 [7AP]

Public debt: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (H. Res. 355), H5180 [19JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4456, S4457 [7JY], S4477, S4478, S4488, S4489 [11JY], S4529, S4530, S4531, S4532 [12JY], S4562 [13JY], S4866, S4871, S4881 [25JY], S4963 [27JY]

Appointments

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select), S5344 [6SE], H5903 [12AU]

Conferees: H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H9998 [20DE], H10025 [23DE]

Articles and editorials

Balanced Budget Amendment Isn't the Answer, S4820 [22JY]

Balanced Budget Amendment Unwise, S4821 [22JY]

Balanced Budget Amendment—Instrument To Force Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes, S8519 [13DE]

Budget Amendment Wrong Vehicle for Right Principle, S4819 [22JY]

Budget Office—GOP Medicare Plan Could Lead to Rationing, H2417 [7AP]

Can We Afford the Military Budget?, E1105 [15JN]

CBO—Ending the Wars Could Save $1.4 Trillion, H4643 [6JY]

Chamber Urges Congress To Raise Debt Limit, E1314 [13JY]

Congress Needs a Fresh, Bipartisan Start, E1631 [14SE]

Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness, S4859 [25JY]

Debt Ceiling Impasse Rattles Short-Term Credit Markets, H5743 [29JY]

Debt-Limit Breakout, S4363, S4379 [6JY]

Debt-Limit Hobbits, H5808 [30JY]

Defense Budget—Ignorance Is Not Bliss, E615 [4AP]

Deficit Is Worse Than We Think—Normal Interest Rates Would Raise Debt-Service Costs by $4.9 Trillion Over 10 Years, Dwarfing the Savings From Any Currently Contemplated Budget Deal, S4138 [28JN]

Deficits Need Balanced-Budget Amendment Fix, S8518 [13DE]

Easy Chair—A Letter to Barack Obama, E1562 [8SE]

Eat the Future, H810 [15FE]

Failing in Afghanistan Successfully—Despite Hundreds of Billions of Dollars and Thousands, of Troops, the U.S. Is Unable To Conclude Its Longest War, H1946 [17MR]

Frustrated Executives Say Political Impasse Slows Hiring, Investing, S4925 [27JY]

Future of American Prosperity, S2758 [9MY]

GOP Jobs Plan Vs. Obama's, S7271 [9NO]

GOP Takes Packaging Path, H8755 [13DE]

Grand Old Doves?, S4831 [22JY]

Great Divide, S5043 [29JY]

Hatch and Lee's Balanced Budget Amendment—A Win for America, S8518 [13DE]

Ludicrous and Cruel, S2310 [8AP]

More Folly in the Debt Limit Talks, S4819 [22JY]

No to a Balanced Budget Amendment, S4820 [22JY]

Obama Budget, H807 [15FE]

Obama's Campaign for Class Resentment, S8475 [12DE]

Obama's Duplicitous Debt Proposal, S5816 [21SE]

On the Offense Over Defense Cuts, S4905 [26JY]

$110 Billion Question, H1922 [17MR]

Politics vs. Reality, S4373 [6JY]

Real-World Impact of Tax Hikes on American Jobs, H5743 [29JY]

Rep. Welch—Partisan Division Begs Clean Vote To Raise Nation's Debt Ceiling, S2727 [5MY]

Republican Leaders Voted for Debt Drivers They Blame on Obama, H5707 [28JY]

Republican Wreckage, H5702 [28JY]

Road to a Downgrade, S5105 [30JY]

Short-Sightedness on Defense Cuts, S4832 [22JY]

Smarter Than You Think, S5044 [29JY]

Spending Cut Hokum—GOP Leaders Hyped Their Budget Savings (excerpt), S2435 [13AP], H2619 [13AP]

Spending His Way to Austerity—President Obama's Latest Economics Lesson, S4113 [27JN]

Stealth Tax Hike—The Return of the Deduction Phase-Out Gambit, S4262 [30JN]

Those Who Own America Should Help Pay for Government, H2588 [12AP]

Three Trillion Dollar War—The Cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts Have Grown to Staggering Proportions, H1926 [17MR]

Time for a Budget Game-Changer, S2069 [4AP], S2220 [7AP]

Too Much Debt Means the Economy Can't Grow, S8515 [13DE]

What's the Real Defense Budget?, E959 [26MY]

Why a Balanced-Budget Amendment Is Too Risky, S4820 [22JY]

Why 70% Tax Rates Won't Work, S3909 [20JN]

With Government Shutdown Looming, Freshmen Are the Wild Cards, S1025 [1MR]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 15), H136 [7JA]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 1255), H2106 [30MR]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (see H. Res. 194), H2213 [31MR]

———eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see S. 1896), S7702 [17NO] (see H.R. 920), H1574 [3MR]

———establish a biennial appropriations process with the exception of defense spending and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 1274), S4076 [23JN]

———establish binding limits on spending and deficits (see H.R. 3576), H8259 [7DE]

———establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see H.R. 3521), H7998 [30NO]

———limit total discretionary spending to levels set by Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extension Act (see H.R. 188), H40 [5JA]

———make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H.R. 93, 94, 95), H36 [5JA] (see H. Con. Res. 14), H551 [8FE]

———making consolidated (see H.R. 3671), H8966 [14DE]

———making continuing (see H.J. Res. 43), H1251 (see H.J. Res. 43), H1362 [18FE] (see H.J. Res. 44), H1390 [28FE] (see H.J. Res. 48), H1769 [11MR] (see H.J. Res. 79), H6181 [14SE] (see H.J. Res. 94, 95), H9926 [16DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), consideration (see H. Res. 115), H1389 [28FE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), consideration (see H. Res. 167), H1795 [14MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 79), consideration (see H. Res. 399), H6230 [15SE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (see H.R. 1363), H2292 [4AP] (see H.R. 1473), H2575 [11AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (see H. Res. 206), H2409 [6AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), consideration (see H. Res. 218), H2602 [12AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2575 [11AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), consideration (see H. Res. 218), H2602 [12AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (see H. Con. Res. 35), H2575 [11AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), consideration (see H. Res. 218), H2602 [12AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (see H.R. 1), H722 [11FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 92), H773 [14FE]

———prevent a Government shutdown by requiring funds to be automatically appropriated at the previous year's level if a budget is not agreed upon (see S. 784), S2348 [8AP] (see H.R. 1471), H2570 [8AP]

———provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 3583), H8260 [7DE]

———reduce spending (see S. 162), S126 (see S. 178), S127 [25JA] (see S. 245), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 408), H434 [24JA] (see H.R. 1605), H2911 [15AP] (see H.R. 2041), H3755 [26MY]

———reduce spending by the amount resulting from the recently announced earmark moratorium (see S. Res. 41), S544 [3FE]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (see H. Res. 38), H254 [18JA]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (see H. Res. 43), H353 [19JA]

———reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year's spending levels (see H.R. 3578), H8259 [7DE]

———require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress (see S. 1518), S5386 [7SE]

———require congressional approval for certain obligations exceeding a certain amount (see H.R. 3121), H6671 [6OC]

———require greater accountability in spending in direct spending programs (see H.R. 3579), H8260 [7DE]

———rescind any unobligated discretionary appropriations returned to the Federal Government by a State or locality and require that such funds be used for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1345), H2291 [4AP]

———rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and such the funds to reduce the Federal debt (see H.R. 1358), H2292 [4AP]

———rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see S. 1009), S3052 [17MY]

———rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations and require that such funds be used for Federal budget deficit reduction (see H.R. 962), H1619 [8MR]

———rescind unused earmarks (see S. 282), S544 [3FE] (see H.R. 633), H680 [10FE]

Armed Forces: enhance mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, installment contract, and eviction protections during a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations (see H.R. 2654), H5579 [26JY]

———support donation of salaries to the Treasury by certain elected officials if Armed Forces members do not receive pay due to Government shutdown or the public debt limit being reached (see H. Con. Res. 56), H3756 [26MY]

Budget Control Act: exempt Medicare from fallback sequestration (see H.R. 3519), H7928 [29NO]

———protect education programs from budget cuts (see H.R. 2726), H5883 [1AU]

———protect Medicaid from budget cuts (see H.R. 2724), H5883 [1AU]

———protect Medicare from budget cuts (see H.R. 2725), H5883 [1AU]

———protect Social Security, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, and education programs from budget cuts (see H.R. 2727), H5883 [1AU]

———protect Social Security and SSI programs from budget cuts (see H.R. 2723), H5883 [1AU]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see S. 1996), S8679 [15DE] (see H.R. 3582), H8260 [7DE]

Children and youth: require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (see S. 1396), S4802 [21JY] (see H.R. 1602), H2911 [15AP]

Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see S. 14), S122 [25JA]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): eliminate (see H.R. 3201), H6920 [13OC]

———express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients (see H. Con. Res. 72), H5885 [1AU]

———provide for additional campaign contribution reporting requirements for members (see S. 1498), S5251 [2AU]

———require members and staff to disclose lobbying activities and political contributions, streamline hearings online, and make report and legislation public (see H.R. 2860), H5964 [7SE]

———require to conduct business in a manner open to the public (see S. 1501), S5251 [2AU] (see H.R. 2796), H5895 [5AU]

Committee on the Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 307), H4277 [15JN]

Congress: assure that Congress acts on the budget resolution (see S. 1681), S6390 [11OC]

———defund House and Senate Budget Committees and majority leadership offices if that House does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget (see H.R. 2372), H4574 [24JN]

———enact Presidential recommendations for program terminations (see S. 475), S1218 [3MR]

———ensure effective control over the congressional budget process (see S. 1679), S6390 [11OC]

———establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 114), H37 [5JA] (see H.R. 3082), H6505 [3OC] (see H.R. 3577), H8259 [7DE]

———establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 3575), H8259 [7DE]

———prohibit earmarks (see S. 1930), S8067 [30NO]

———restrict adjournments unless the House involved has passed a budget resolution and provided funding for the Government for the entire fiscal year (see H. Con. Res. 82), H6456 [23SE]

Constitutional amendments: balance (see S.J. Res. 3), S272 [26JA] (see S.J. Res. 4), S411 [1FE] (see S.J. Res. 5), S544 [3FE] (see S.J. Res. 10), S2046 [31MR] (see S.J. Res. 23), S4226 [29JN] (see S.J. Res. 24), S5251 [2AU] (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H40 (see H.J. Res. 4), H41 [5JA] (see H.J. Res. 10), H102 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 11), H135 (see H.J. Res. 18), H136 [7JA] (see H.J. Res. 23), H551 [8FE] (see H.J. Res. 41), H1178 (see H.J. Res. 41), H1197 [17FE] (see H.J. Res. 52), H2107 [30MR] (see H.J. Res. 54), H2410 [6AP] (see H.J. Res. 81), H6977 [14OC] (see H.J. Res. 87), H7626 [15NO] (see H.J. Res. 89), H7829 [17NO]

———control spending (see H.J. Res. 5), H41 [5JA] (see H.J. Res. 51), H2107 [30MR]

———establish a spending limit (see H.J. Res. 73), H5373 [21JY]

———require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 14), H136 [7JA]

———require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation and increasing the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 56), H2534 [7AP]

———require two-thirds votes in the House and Senate to increase the statutory limit on the public debt (see H.J. Res. 63), H3302 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: modify the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan to provide that the full statement of budget resources is complete and validated by a certain date (see S. 1790), S7066 [2NO]

———reduce amounts appropriated for printing and reproduction (see S. 1021), S3105 [18MY] (see H.R. 1246), H2037 [29MR]

———reduce amounts appropriated for studies, analysis, and evaluations (see H.R. 1247), H2037 [29MR]

———reduce budget to level provided for fiscal year 2008 and freeze budget at such level (see H.R. 413), H468 [25JA]

———submit notifications with respect to the failure to comply with statutory body armor procurement budget information requirements (see H.R. 1731), H3061 [4MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: obtain an unqualified audit opinion and improve financial accountability and management (see S. 1998), S8679 [15DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue Buy Back America Bonds and use funds to pay down foreign-held and other public debt (see S. 1909), S7829 [18NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: sell certain Federal land and direct the proceeds from such sales to be applied to Federal budget deficit reduction (see H.R. 2588), H5239 [19JY]

Disasters: prohibit any requirement of a budgetary offset for emergency disaster assistance (see H.R. 2455), H4748 [7JY]

———require the President's budget to include, at a minimum, a request for disaster funding based on a 10 year average (see S. 1563), S5684 [15SE]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (see H.R. 3638), H8879 [13DE]

———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion (see S. 1720), S6600 [17OC]

———encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 3487), H7890 [18NO]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H. Res. 501), H9945 [19DE]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (see H. Res. 502), H9945 [19DE]

———impose spending caps relative to the size of the economy, increase program transparency, provide for line-item adjustments, adjust debt ceiling, and reform or eliminate inefficient programs and agencies (see H.R. 2319), H4526 [23JN]

———increase statutory limit on the public debt, increase job creation, and reduce projected medium and long-term Federal budget deficits and debt (see H.R. 2544), H5086 [14JY]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3630), H8322 [9DE] (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (see H. Res. 491), H8727 [12DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 502), H9945 [19DE]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (see H.R. 3765), H10026 [23DE]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use both dynamic and static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 255), S481 [2FE]

Employment: adjust discretionary spending limits for appropriations for emergency job creation (see H.R. 2857), H5964 [7SE]

———reduce the deficit and restore the middle class by creating jobs (see H.R. 2855), H5964 [7SE]

EPA: rescind funding for Flathead County, MT, Water and Sewer District water treatment improvements and apply funds to deficit reduction (see S. 515), S1406 [8MR]

———rescind funding for Kalispell, MT, water treatment improvements and apply funds to deficit reduction (see S. 469), S1218 [3MR]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see S. 945), S2874 [11MY]

———intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (see S. 1409), S4845 [22JY]

———limit printing, travel, and vehicle costs (see S. 477), S1218 [3MR]

———require Federal agencies to show receipts and expenditures every two weeks on agency websites (see H.R. 1061), H1796 [14MR]

———require zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 821), H1250 (see H.R. 821), H1362 [18FE]

Federal budget: eliminate wasteful spending, provide for comprehensive budget reform, and establish the Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint) (see S. 439), S1120 [2MR]

———impose discretionary and certain mandatory spending caps (see S. 1290), S4156 [28JN]

———improve accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process (see H.R. 3669), H8966 [14DE]

———make the Federal budget process more transparent and make future budgets more sustainable (see H.R. 1302), H2214 [31MR]

———modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and apply savings to defense and non-defense categories (see H.R. 3662), H8965 [14DE]

———reduce discretionary spending limit (see H.R. 3043), H6455 [23SE]

———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (see S. 360), S791 [16FE]

———setting forth for 2011-2021 (see H. Con. Res. 37), H2604 [12AP]

———setting forth for 2012-2016 (see S. Con. Res. 20), S3171 [19MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (see S. Con. Res. 18, 19), S3171 [19MY] (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3224 [23MY] (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2575 [11AP]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (see H. Res. 223), H2664 [13AP]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see S. 776), S2348 [8AP] (see H.R. 1429), H2534 [7AP]

Federal Realignment and Closure Commission: establish (see H.R. 2680), H5732 [28JY]

Federal-State relations: prohibit State bailouts by the Federal Government (see S. Res. 188), S3106 [18MY]

———prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see S. 184), S127 [25JA] (see S. 251), S411 [1FE]

GAO: enhance oversight authorities (see S. 237), S359 [31JA]

Government: clarify that the President and the Sec. of the Treasury have the authority to prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H. Res. 369), H5488 [25JY]

———establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 211), S338 [27JA]

———establish the Grace Commission II to review and make recommendations regarding cost control in the Federal Government (see S. 389), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 779), H1177 (see H.R. 779), H1196 [17FE]

———express that the President should make every effort to negotiate passage of an increase in the statutory debt limit or, failing that, use constitutional authority to pay U.S. debts (see H. Con. Res. 68), H5811 [30JY] (see H. Con. Res. 69), H5885 [1AU]

———increase transparency (see H.R. 1144), H1982 [17MR]

———increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 3581), H8260 [7DE]

———prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2496), H4944 [12JY]

———prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 1551), H2854 [14AP]

———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2402), H4575 [24JN] (see H.R. 2605), H5373 [21JY]

———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached and provide for emergency appropriations to pay for certain defense and national security obligations during a funding gap (see H.R. 1908), H3301 [13MY]

———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 1420), S4911 [26JY] (see H.R. 2651), H5579 [26JY]

———prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt limit is reached or there is a funding gap (see H.R. 2886), H6096 [12SE]

———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see S. 388), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 819), H1250 (see H.R. 819), H1362 [18FE] (see H.R. 1305), H2214 [31MR]

———provide for continuing operations in a fiscally responsible manner (see S. 768), S2266 [7AP]

———provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (see S. 1651), S6090 [4OC] (see H.R. 3414), H7577 [14NO]

———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment of certain Social Security, public debt, defense, veterans, and Medicare obligations (see H.R. 2534), H5085 [14JY]

———reduce unsustainable spending (see H.R. 235), H135 [7JA]

———require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (see S. 1222), S3891 [16JN] (see H.R. 2146), H4074 [13JN]

———require agencies to prepare financial statements using the fair-value accrual accounting method and require CBO to use current-year spending as the baseline for estimating future changes (see H.R. 3332), H7329 [3NO]

Health: eliminate certain entitlement programs in order to reduce the deficit (see H.R. 3243), H7007 [24OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H38 [5JA]

———repeal (see H.R. 299), H254 [18JA]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 466), H7626 [15NO]

———prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 349), H5018 [13JY]

———provide that certain budget enforcement rules shall have no force or effect (see H. Res. 46), H396 [20JA]

———require that rescission bills always be considered under open rules every year (see H. Res. 471), H7829 [17NO]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 206), H2409 [6AP] (see H. Res. 409), H6341 [21SE] (see H. Res. 500), H9430 [15DE]

Libya: require the President to recommend specific reductions in non-security discretionary appropriations to offset costs of military operations (see H.R. 1257), H2106 [30MR] (see H.R. 1323), H2265 [1AP]

Members of Congress: freeze pay for a fiscal year unless the Government did not run a deficit in the previous fiscal year (see H.R. 994), H1722 [10MR]

———make matching contributions to Thrift Savings Fund contingent on Congress completing action on budget resolution reducing the deficit (see H.R. 1168), H1983 [17MR]

———prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 124), H37 (see H.R. 172), H39 [5JA] (see H.R. 236), H135 [7JA]

———prevent payment if the public debt limit is reached and clarify pay would not be recouped retroactively (see H.R. 2653), H5579 [26JY]

———prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 1981), S8547 [13DE] (see H.R. 3643), H8879 [13DE]

———prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution has not been approved (see S. 1442), S5018 [28JY]

———provide for rates of pay to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending (see H.R. 3136), H6672 [6OC]

———reduce pay if a Federal budget deficit exists, increase retirement contributions, and prohibit securities and commodities trading based on certain nonpublic information (see H.R. 3565), H8186 [6DE]

———require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (see H.R. 1454), H2569 [8AP]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient (see S. 1936), S8148 [1DE]

National objectives: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see S. 1316), S4292 [30JN] (see H.R. 1848), H3218 [11MY]

———promote fiscal responsibility and control spending (see S. 3), S121 [25JA]

———provide for long-term budgeting (see H.R. 3580), H8260 [7DE]

National security: express that further reductions to core national security funding will cause significant harm to U.S. interests (see H. Res. 441), H6977 [14OC]

OMB: establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of recommendations set forth in the ``Terminations, Reductions, and Savings'' section of the President's budget proposal (see H.R. 1155), H1982 [17MR]

———rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see S. 726), S2130 [5AP] (see H.R. 1111), H1904 [16MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2213 [31MR]

Presidents of the U.S.: provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (see S. 102), S125 [25JA] (see H.R. 1043), H1768 [11MR]

Public debt: allow an up or down vote on a balanced deficit reduction bill, such as proposed by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform report, reducing the deficit by a certain amount (see S. 1985), S8547 [13DE]

———cancel public debt held by FRS and lower the public debt limit by an equal amount (see H.R. 2768), H5884 [1AU]

———constitutional amendment prohibiting the Government from increasing debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of each House of Congress (see H.J. Res. 84), H7398 [4NO]

———curb wasteful spending by making certain year-end savings in salaries and expenses available for an additional fiscal year and use the remaining amounts for deficit reduction (see H.R. 3376), H7397 [4NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see S. 1340), S4450 [7JY] (see H.R. 2560), H5125 [15JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (see H. Res. 355), H5149 [18JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2693), H5733 [28JY]

———decrease statutory limit (see H.R. 2409), H4671 [6JY]

———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see S.J. Res. 25), S5339 [6SE] (see H.J. Res. 77), H5964 [7SE]

———eliminate statutory limit and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (see H.R. 2931), H6181 [14SE]

———establish a timely and expeditious process for voting on the statutory debt limit (see S. 1713), S6505 [13OC]

———establish website to receive gifts to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3504), H7891 [18NO]

———exclude cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit (see S. Res. 230), S4485 [11JY]

———express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction (see S. Res. 331), S7613 [16NO]

———express that the President does not have the authority to ignore the statutory debt limit by ordering the Dept. of the Treasury to continue issuing debt on the full faith and credit of the U.S. (see S. Res. 226), S4450 [7JY]

———increase statutory limit (see S. 1326), S4329 [5JY] (see H.R. 1954), H3408 [24MY] (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]

———increase statutory limit by a certain amount upon adoption by Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment and by an additional amount upon ratification by the States of that amendment (see H.R. 2685), H5732 [28JY]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits and military funding in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 728), H923 [15FE]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached (see S. 259), S482 [2FE] (see H.R. 568), H598 [9FE]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see S. 163), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 421), H469 [25JA]

———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment in full of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2581), H5150 [18JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (see S. 1323), S4292 [30JN]

Public welfare programs: provide information and limits on total spending on means-tested welfare programs and provide additional work requirements (see S. 1904), S7702 [17NO]

———provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1135), H1906 [16MR] (see H.R. 1167), H1983 [17MR]

Radio: prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming and transfer certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 69), H35 [5JA]

Railroads: rescind unobligated economic stimulus funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects (see H.R. 2811), H5896 [5AU]

Senate: provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above a certain amount unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 days (see S. 1341), S4485 [11JY]

———reduce budget of the Senate (see S. Res. 94), S1406 [8MR]

Senate Rules: prohibit unauthorized earmarks (see S. Res. 23), S127 [25JA]

———require a descriptive summary of each provision of legislative matters be available for a certain period before consideration by any subcommittee, committee, or on the floor (see S. Res. 19), S127 [25JA]

———require all legislative matters be available and scored by CBO for a certain period before consideration by any subcommittee, committee, or on the floor (see S. Res. 16), S127 [25JA]

Social Security: ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 796), H1249 (see H.R. 796), H1361 [18FE]

———ensure timely payment of benefits in August, 2011 (see S. 1364), S4555 [13JY]

———establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 1630), H2912 [15AP]

———establish a procedure to safeguard trust funds (see S. 123), S125 [25JA]

States: restore State sovereignty and dedicate excess grant funds to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2917), H6180 [14SE]

Taxation: extend time for filing individual income tax returns in the case of a Federal Government shutdown (see S. 783), S2348 [8AP]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (see S. 1931), S8067 [30NO]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by creating a surtax on high income individuals and eliminating big oil and gas company tax loopholes (see S. 552), S1547 [10MR]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines and use resulting revenues for deficit reduction (see S. 26), S122 [25JA]

War: require new war funding be offset (see S. Res. 133), S2188 [6AP]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247 [4MR]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to proceed, S8673 [15DE]

Public debt: require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4478 [11JY], S4542 [13JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), motion to proceed, S4313 [5JY], S4406 [7JY]

Excerpts

Setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34): Medicare policy statement, H3823 [1JN]

Letters

Budget Control Act: several Senators, H5686 [28JY]

Budget deficit: Senators Bennet and Johanns, S4041 [23JN]

Budget process: several Senators, S3415 [26MY]

Comprehensive budget reform: Senator Levin, S5660 [15SE]

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization) and Mattie Corrao, Center for Fiscal Accountability (organization), S8516 [13DE]

———Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighers, H7866 [18NO]

———James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, S8517 [13DE]

———James Valvo, Americans for Prosperity (organization), S8516 [13DE]

———Jim Keffer, H7798 [17NO]

———Kim Anderson and Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H7850 [18NO]

———Nancy LeaMond, AARP, H7866 [18NO]

———Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union, S8517 [13DE]

———several organizations, H7862 [18NO], E2128 [29NO]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S8518 [13DE]

———William Wilson, Americans for Limited Government (organization), S8517 [13DE]

Cut, Cap, and Balance Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5221 [19JY]

———Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), H5221 [19JY]

Deficit reduction: several Senators, S1529 [10MR]

Entitlement programs: Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, H5293 [21JY]

Exclude cuts to social programs that support low-income individuals from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit: several Representatives, H6516 [4OC]

Government Shutdown Prevention Act: Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), H2248 [1AP]

Health care reform funding: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, E731 [15AP]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Geoffrey Burr, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., H9964 [20DE]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, H9965 [20DE]

———Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, H9965 [20DE]

———Kent Tolley, National Roofing Contractors Association, H9965 [20DE]

———Pete Isberg, National Payroll Reporting Consortium, H9965-H9967 [20DE]

———Robert A. Sunshine, CBO, H8811 [13DE]

———Stephen C. Goss, SSA, H8799 [13DE]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H8754 [13DE]

NOAA funding: Jane Lubchenco, Dept. of Commerce, S1798 [17MR]

Presidential requirement to submit proposed legislation relative to Medicare Trustees funding warning: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House) and Senator Sessions, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S3759 [14JN]

———several Senators, S3802 [15JN]

Prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns: several Senators, S2015 [31MR]

Public debt ceiling: several economists, H4082 [14JN]

Senate consideration of legislation to address fiscal crisis: several Senators, S4271 [30JN]

Statutory public debt limit increase: Daniel S. Threlkeld, S5100 [30JY]

———David Beriss, S5100 [30JY]

———Matthew Cope, S5100 [30JY]

———Monique M. Jones, S5100 [30JY]

———Senator Hatch, S5008 [28JY]

Lists

Bureaucratic earmarks in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S6171 [5OC]

Federal aid programs for low-income people, H2212 [31MR]

Federal balanced budget amendment petition cosigners, H7798-H7800 [17NO]

Organizations supporting Flake amendment to H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, on ethanol blender pump or storage facilities construction funding, H4291 [16JN]

Proposed Republican legislation to address deficit reduction, S1530 [10MR]

Republican waivers of cut-go and germaneness during current Congress, H7089 [26OC]

Messages

American Jobs Act: President Obama, S5495 [12SE], H6049 [12SE]

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2012: President Obama, S679-S681 [14FE], H728-H731 [14FE]

Statutory Debt Limit: President Obama, S5247 [2AU], H5893 [5AU]

Motions

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), H2248 [1AP]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), H1426 [1MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), H1823 [15MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2501, H2502, H2503 [7AP], H2566 [8AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1247 [4MR], H1355 [18FE]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H454 [25JA]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8820 [13DE], H9978 [20DE]

Federal budget: setting forth for 2012-2016 (S. Con. Res. 20), S3332 [25MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), S3331 [25MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 18), S3332 [25MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 21), S3332 [25MY]

Public debt: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), S4743 [21JY], S4825 [22JY], H5226 [19JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4313, S4319 [5JY], S4478 [11JY], S4866 [25JY]

Taxation: provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), S8445 [8DE]

Petitions and memorials

Texas: constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget, H6146 [14SE]

Press releases

NFIB Expresses Significant Concern About Payroll Tax Impact on Small Business: National Federation of Independent Business, H9965 [20DE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: across-the-board domestic spending reduction, H1221 [18FE]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), H2117, H2119 [31MR], H2218, H2219, H2239-H2251 [1AP]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2219-H2232 [1AP]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), motion to recommit, H2248-H2250 [1AP]

———establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), E2131 [30NO]

———legislative process, H586 [9FE], H816 [15FE], H1214, H1215 [18FE], H7279 [3NO], H9909 [16DE]

———make across-the-board domestic spending reduction other than Dept. of Defense and Postal Service, H1284 [18FE]

———make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending, H1226-H1231, H1328, H1329 [18FE]

———make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense and non-homeland security discretionary spending, H1281 [18FE]

———making consolidated, H9812-H9821, H9823-H9902, H9909, H9918 [16DE], E2288 [16DE], E2317 [19DE], E2321 [20DE], E2339, E2340 [23DE]

———making continuing, H586-H589 [9FE], H675 [10FE], H2112 [31MR], H2272 [4AP], H2562, H2563 [8AP], H6215-H6217 [15SE], H6304-H6314, H6318-H6328 [21SE], H6366-H6373, H6389-H6397, H6402-H6411 [22SE], H6463-H6465 [29SE], H6470 [3OC], H6528-H6531 [4OC], H7734, H7746, H7770, H7776, H7777 [17NO], H8106 [2DE], E1703, E1718 [23SE], E1741 [3OC], E1749-E1751 [4OC], E1770 [5OC], E1825 [12OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), H1405, H1415-H1428, H1442-H1445 [1MR], H1463 [2MR], E422 [4MR], E435 [8MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), consideration (H. Res. 115), H1406-H1415 [1MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), motion to recommit, H1426 [1MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), H1751-H1754 [11MR], H1804, H1805, H1811-H1825, H1828, H1830 [15MR], H1850, H1851, H1857 [16MR], H1980 [17MR], E511 [17MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), consideration (H. Res. 167), H1806-H1811 [15MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), motion to recommit, H1823, H1824 [15MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), H9908 [16DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 95), H9908 [16DE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2335, H2337, H2338 [6AP], H2426-H2505, H2507, H2508, H2510, H2512, H2521, H2525 [7AP], H2537, H2541, H2542, H2544, H2546, H2547, H2550, H2551, H2557, H2559, H2565-H2567 [8AP], E677, E680, E681, E684 [8AP], E702 [12AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), Senate amendment, H2566 [8AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (H. Res. 206), H2415-H2424 [7AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), motion to recommit, H2502, H2503, H2504 [7AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), H2614, H2648 [13AP], H2669, H2674, H2687-H2795 [14AP], E733, E744, E760, E765 [15AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2616-H2624, H2626, H2627 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), H2788, H2798-H2803 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2616-H2624, H2626, H2627 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), H2648 [13AP], H2788, H2795-H2798 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2616-H2624, H2626, H2627 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H727, H746, H750-H754 [14FE], H801, H803, H804, H817-H913 [15FE], H937, H941, H942, H944, H948, H949, H950, H951, H955, H957-H1036, H1043-H1068 [16FE], H1074, H1080-H1175, H1181-H1189 [17FE], H1201, H1202-H1249, H1255-H1357 [18FE], H1366, H1378-H1382 [28FE], H1395, H1398, H1404, H1405, H1406-H1415, H1417-H1419, H1425, H1429, H1442-H1445 [1MR], H1460, H1463, H1464, H1485, H1502, H1503, H1517 [2MR], H1527, H1528, H1554-H1557, H1561 [3MR], H1627, H1628, H1629, H1643-H1649 [9MR], H1672, H1673, H1676, H1699, H1712 [10MR], H1751-H1761 [11MR], H1773 [14MR], H1805-H1810, H1821, H1822, H1828, H1836 [15MR], H1849, H1850, H1859, H1901 [16MR], H1980 [17MR], H2004, H2007 [29MR], H2046, H2048, H2049, H2050, H2063, H2065-H2067, H2092 [30MR], H2113, H2118, H2119 [31MR], H2217, H2218, H2225, H2228, H2230, H2248 [1AP], H2272 [4AP], H2299, H2301, H2302, H2314 [5AP], H2331, H2336, H2392, H2395, H2401 [6AP], H2414, H2453 [7AP], H2541, H2544, H2547, H2549, H2550 [8AP], H2598 [12AP], H2739, H2743, H2789 [14AP], H2903 [15AP], H5739 [29JY], H5860 [1AU], H6677 [11OC], E222 [14FE], E238, E239, E240, E241, E242, E243, E245, E247, E248, E249, E250, E251 [16FE], E253, E254, E255, E257, E258, E259 [17FE], E261, E262, E269, E270, E271, E272, E273, E275, E276, E277, E278, E279, E280, E281, E282, E283, E284, E286, E287, E288, E289, E290, E291, E292, E293, E295, E296, E297, E298, E299, E300, E301, E302, E303, E305, E308, E310, E312, E317, E318, E319 [18FE], E321, E322, E324, E333, E336 [28FE], E388, E389 [1MR], E396 [2MR], E413, E414, E415, E416 [3MR], E500 [16MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H804-H817, H879 [15FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H1355 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H1174, H1175 [17FE]

———reduce spending, H473, H475 [26JA], H1977, H1980 [17MR], H6127-H6129 [13SE]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H374-H376 [20JA], H437, H442, H446-H456 [25JA], E106 [25JA], E132, E135 [26JA]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (H. Res. 43), H403-H416 [24JA]

———require congressional approval for certain obligations exceeding a certain amount (H.R. 3121), H7138 [27OC]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3822 [1JN], H4104 [14JN], E167 [8FE]

Armed Forces: funding, H2503, H2504 [7AP]

Budget Control Act: protect Social Security and SSI programs from budget cuts, E2107 [18NO]

CBO: ensure any budgetary costs associated with approving or disapproving regulations are accounted for under the budget process, H8220 [7DE]

Children and youth: require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (H.R. 1602), E757 [15AP]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): conflicting deficit reduction ideologies of cutting entitlement programs and raising taxes on the wealthy, H7084 [26OC]

———establish, H5679, H5705, H5708, H5717 [28JY], H5759 [29JY], H5817, H5832, H5834, H5835, H5853, H5854, H5861-H5863 [1AU], H7244 [2NO]

———express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security and Medicare recipients, H7730 [17NO]

———express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients, H6792, H6793 [12OC], E1828 [12OC]

———failure to reach a bipartisan agreement, H7902 [29NO], H8107 [2DE]

———prioritize deficit reduction from subsidies for large oil companies and corporate use of aircraft before cutting education programs, H5764, H5765 [29JY]

———protect entitlements while seeking to reduce the budget deficit, H7587 [15NO]

Committee on the Budget (House): authority of Chairman to determine Federal spending levels for fiscal year, H404 [24JA], H447, H448, H452, H454 [25JA]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H8314-H8316 [8DE]

———comply with cut-as-you-go requirement, H18, H19, H22, H23 [5JA], H52 [6JA], H4379-H4387, H4390 [22JN], H6935 [14OC], E15 [6JA]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H7843, H7844 [18NO]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2846-H2851 [14AP]

Constitutional amendments: balance, H1514 [2MR], H2881, H2903-H2908 [15AP], H3775 [31MY], H4687 [7JY], H4797, H4798 [11JY], H4864, H4935 [12JY], H4956 [13JY], H5089, H5115 [15JY], H5147-H5149 [18JY], H5170 [19JY], H5390 [22JY], H5477, H5478 [25JY], H5586, H5589 [27JY], H5789 [30JY], H5870-H5876, H5880 [1AU], H6146 [14SE], H6357 [22SE], H6524 [4OC], H6630 [6OC], H6867 [13OC], H7220, H7243-H7249 [2NO], H7385 [4NO], E1370 [20JY], E1473, E1474-E1476 [1AU], E1527 [19AU]

———balance (H.J. Res. 1), H5203 [19JY], H5717 [28JY], H7243 [2NO], H7622 [15NO], E2 [5JA]

———balance (H.J. Res. 2), H5759, H5762 [29JY], H7243 [2NO], H7584, H7585, H7587, H7588, H7589, H7590, H7591, H7592, H7617-H7624 [15NO], H7630, H7637, H7639, H7640, H7709-H7711 [16NO], H7722, H7723, H7727, H7730, H7731, H7732, H7733, H7737-H7745, H7782-H7811, H7819 [17NO], H7833, H7841-H7874, H7876, H7883 [18NO], E12 [5JA], E2107 [18NO], E2120 [29NO]

———balance (H.J. Res. 11), H6567 [5OC], E44 [7JA]

———balance (H.J. Res. 41), H3811 [1JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: Learn and Serve America program funding, E745 [15AP]

Deficit, H51, H98, H99 [6JA], H105, H122 [7JA], H211 [18JA], H273, H344 [19JA], H380, H390-H392 [20JA], H399, H402 [24JA], H476, H477, H501 [26JA], H555, H559, H594, H595 [9FE], H608, H611, H673-H675 [10FE], H686 [11FE], H727, H748, H760-H764 [14FE], H799, H825 [15FE], H938, H941 [16FE], H1429 [1MR], H1463, H1464, H1494, H1501, H1502 [2MR], H1568-H1571 [3MR], H1598 [8MR], H1676, H1678, H1679, H1681, H1685 [10MR], H1731, H1736, H1762 [11MR], H1781 [14MR], H1805, H1807, H1826 [15MR], H1859 [16MR], H1910, H1975 [17MR], H2035 [29MR], H2091-H2094 [30MR], H2262 [1AP], H2278 [4AP], H2320-H2322 [5AP], H2393, H2395, H2398 [6AP], H2413, H2418, H2511 [7AP], H2550 [8AP], H2580, H2597, H2599 [12AP], H2612, H2618, H2638, H2662 [13AP], H2677, H2681, H2806, H2809, H2817, H2829-H2836 [14AP], H2899 [15AP], H2925 [2MY], H3057 [4MY], H3156 [10MY], H3207 [11MY], H3267, H3270 [12MY], H3401 [24MY], H3418, H3419, H3421 [25MY], H3925 [2JN], H4022, H4023 [3JN], H4067 [13JN], H4138, H4143 [14JN], H4471, H4521 [23JN], H4756, H4757, H4773 [8JY], H5031, H5032 [14JY], H5113, H5116 [15JY], H5503 [26JY], H5977 [8SE], H6142 [14SE], H6321, H6322 [21SE], H6913 [13OC], H7063-H7067 [25OC], H7245, H7247 [2NO], H7323 [3NO], H7583, H7584, H7585, H7587, H7588 [15NO], H7638 [16NO], H7733, H7782-H7805 [17NO], H7843, H7847, H7850-H7873, H7883 [18NO], H7995 [30NO], H8006 [1DE], H8108-H8111 [2DE], H8141, H8178 [6DE], H8999 [15DE], E47 [12JA], E77 [19JA], E132 [26JA], E157 [8FE], E185 [9FE], E199 [10FE], E267 [18FE], E328 [28FE], E404 [2MR], E418 [3MR], E436 [8MR], E444 [9MR], E476 [14MR], E492 [15MR], E615 [4AP], E642 [5AP], E653 [6AP], E668 [7AP], E685 [8AP], E695 [12AP], E775 [2MY], E846 [10MY], E1237 [6JY], E1265 [7JY], E1298 [12JY], E1310 [13JY], E1325 [14JY], E1360 [19JY], E1369 [20JY], E1378 [21JY], E1419 [27JY], E1590 [9SE], E1594 [12SE], E1632 [14SE], E1651 [15SE], E1662 [20SE], E1673 [21SE], E1686 [22SE], E1718 [23SE], E1726 [29SE], E1742 [3OC], E1763 [4OC], E1775 [5OC], E1814 [11OC], E1828 [12OC], E1849 [13OC], E1880 [14OC], E1908, E1915 [24OC], E1926 [25OC], E1942 [26OC], E1972 [1NO], E1984 [2NO], E1994 [3NO], E2016 [4NO], E2035 [14NO], E2052 [15NO], E2065 [16NO], E2079 [17NO], E2122 [29NO], E2137 [30NO], E2157 [1DE], E2174 [2DE], E2181 [5DE], E2191 [6DE], E2201 [7DE], E2219 [8DE], E2225 [12DE], E2241 [13DE], E2256 [14DE], E2281 [15DE], E2302 [16DE], E2314 [19DE], E2333 [20DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H440 [25JA], H2113 [31MR], H2255 [1AP], H3980-H3983 [2JN], H4374 [22JN], H5032 [14JY], H8306-H8309 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: across-the-board funding reduction, H1246, H1247 [18FE]

———boards and commissions funding, H830-H842 [15FE]

———freeze funding at 2010 levels, H1114, H1115 [17FE]

———freeze funding at 2011 levels, H4708, H4709 [7JY]

———freeze funding at current levels unless financial statements are ready for audit by a certain date, H4740 [7JY]

———freeze funding at current levels until unqualifed audits are achieved, H3640, H3641 [25MY]

———funding, H450, H453 [25JA], H2336 [6AP], H7269 [3NO], H7791 [17NO], E615 [4AP], E675 [8AP], E1105 [15JN]

———reduce amounts appropriated for printing and reproduction (H.R. 1246), H2273-H2275 [4AP], H8315 [8DE]

———reduce budget to level provided for fiscal year 2008 and freeze budget at such level (H.R. 413), H451 [25JA], E106 [25JA]

———reduce funding to level provided for in fiscal year 2008, H3627 [25MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reduce funding through reductions in Office of the Under Sec. for Management funding, H3846 [1JN]

Dept. of HUD: rescind unobligated funding for Emergency Mortgage Relief Program, terminate the program, and use unexpended balances to reduce public debt, H1740, H1741 [11MR]

———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program, terminate the program, and use unexpended balances to reduce public debt, H1690 [10MR]

———use unobligated Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds rescinded after termination for deficit reduction, H1877, H1878 [16MR]

Dept. of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration International Scan Program wasteful spending, H4473 [23JN]

———infrastructure projects funding, H2850 [14AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding, E1085 [14JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: sell certain Federal land and direct the proceeds from such sales to be applied to Federal budget deficit reduction (H.R. 2588), H5241 [20JY], H5786 [30JY], H6142 [14SE]

District of Columbia: local government shutdown relative to budget process, H9001-H9004 [15DE]

———prohibit publicly funded abortions, H2626, H2627 [13AP]

———tribute to elected officials and residents arrested for act of civil disobedience in protest of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, E753 [15AP]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, H1827 [15MR], H3324 [23MY]

———assessment of the policies of the Reagan administration, H5154 [19JY]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H609 [10FE], H1398, H1423-H1425 [1MR], H1514 [2MR], H1646, H1647 [9MR], H2091, H2094 [30MR], H2511 [7AP], H2649, H2650 [13AP], H3767-H3769, H3771, H3772 [31MY], H5208 [19JY], H5771 [29JY], H5870 [1AU]

———create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (H.R. 3638), H8914 [14DE]

———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion, H7012 [25OC], H7077 [26OC]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), H9985, H9987-H9995 [20DE]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9949-H9960 [20DE]

———impact of costs of war in Iraq, H414 [24JA], H4199 [15JN]

———impact of entitlement programs, H380, H384 [20JA], H673-H675 [10FE], H754-H756 [14FE], H942 [16FE], H1568-H1571 [3MR], H1677, H1706-H1711 [10MR], H3266 [12MY], H4147 [14JN], H6221 [15SE], H9933 [19DE]

———impact of non-security spending reductions, H409 [24JA]

———importance of job creation, H3269 [12MY], H5155, H5168 [19JY], H5249, H5250 [20JY], H6495-H6501 [3OC]-H6545 [4OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5270-H5276 [20JY]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs, H8919 [14DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8351-H8356 [12DE], H8733, H8734, H8735, H8737, H8739, H8740, H8741, H8742, H8743, H8744, H8745, H8762-H8824 [13DE], H8905, H8907, H8908, H8909, H8911, H8912, H8913, H8914, H8919, H8959, H8961 [14DE], H8971, H8981, H8982, H8983, H8984, H8999 [15DE], H9799, H9801, H9818, H9919, H9920 [16DE], H9932, H9933, H9937, H9943 [19DE], H9997 [20DE], E2229 [12DE], E2255, E2259, E2260 [14DE], E2278, E2280 [15DE], E2309 [19DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H9948, H9949, H9960-H9978, H10000, H10001, H10002, H10003, H10005-H10009, H10011 [20DE], E2337 [21DE], E2340, E2342 [23DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8745-H8759 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9949-H9960 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H9978-H9986 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to recommit, H8822, H8823 [13DE]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (H.R. 3765), H10021 [23DE]

———reform entitlement programs, H3378 [24MY], H4949 [13JY], H5026, H5029, H5032 [14JY], H5291, H5292, H5293, H5296 [21JY], H5474, H5475 [25JY], H5497 [26JY], H5591, H5639 [27JY], H5759, H5761, H5767-H5769, H5771, H5773, H5774 [29JY], H5860 [1AU], H7064 [25OC], E1377 [21JY]

Education: funding, H2850 [14AP], H7020 [25OC], H7920 [29NO]

EPA: impact of grants to foreign countries, H5029 [14JY], H5592 [27JY]

Federal aid programs: impact of proposed cuts, H748, H749 [14FE]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, H417 [24JA], H555 [9FE], H608, H609, H611, H673-H677 [10FE], H685, H686, H693 [11FE], H754-H758, H760-H764 [14FE], H798, H801, H802, H804, H811 [15FE], H941, H950, H985 [16FE], H1457, H1494, H1506 [2MR], H1643 [9MR], H1730, H1755-H1761 [11MR], H1789-H1794 [14MR], H1826 [15MR], H2119 [31MR], H2218, H2256 [1AP], H2301, H2302, H2303, H2315 [5AP], H2331, H2332, H2333, H2335, H2336, H2337, H2392-H2402 [6AP], H2413, H2414, H2508-H2514, H2521-H2528 [7AP], H2538, H2542, H2547, H2548, H2549, H2550 [8AP], H2577, H2578, H2580, H2588, H2599 [12AP], H2609, H2614, H2615, H2616, H2659 [13AP], H2674 [14AP], H3156 [10MY], H3379 [24MY], H4371, H4373 [22JN], H4511-H4515 [23JN], H4684 [7JY], H5026 [14JY], H5116 [15JY], H5254 [20JY], H5451 [25JY], H6521 [4OC], H6568 [5OC], H7430 [14NO], H8120 [2DE], E639 [5AP], E1057 [7JN], E2302 [16DE]

———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H2649 [13AP], H3927 [2JN], H4153 [14JN]

———reduce non-defense discretionary spending, H754, H755 [14FE]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2588, H2589, H2593-H2599 [12AP], H2621, H2648-H2654 [13AP], H2671, H2672, H2673, H2674, H2675, H2797, H2804-H2851 [14AP], H2860, H2861-H2901, H2903 [15AP], H3008, H3009 [4MY], H3265-H3273 [12MY], H3351, H3352, H3371, H3374-H3385, H3396-H3401 [24MY], H3414, H3415, H3423 [25MY], H3685, H3686 [26MY], H3767, H3768, H3770, H3773, H3799, H3800 [31MY], H3814, H3816, H3826, H3827 [1JN], H3989, H3990, H4031 [3JN], H4098, H4102, H4108 [14JN], H4192 [15JN], H4282, H4289, H4318 [16JN], H4475 [23JN], H4593 [6JY], H4862, H4934-H4940 [12JY], H5026 [14JY], H5167, H5234 [19JY], H5296 [21JY], H5390 [22JY], H5478 [25JY], E730, E732, E738-E740, E759, E761, E763, E766 [15AP], E773 [2MY], E786 [3MY], E990 [27MY], E1625 [14SE]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2675-H2686 [14AP]

FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund funding, H7797 [17NO]

———prohibit offset requirement for any emergency disaster assistance funds, H3893 [1JN]

GAO: report on waste in Government spending, H1462 [2MR], H1527 [3MR]

Government: prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces (H.R. 2496), H5117 [15JY], H5390 [22JY]

———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 388), H2225, H2227, H2231 [1AP], H2344-H2347 [6AP]

———require agencies to prepare financial statements using the fair-value accrual accounting method and require CBO to use current-year spending as the baseline for estimating future changes (H.R. 3332), H7260 [3NO]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H2276 [4AP], H2301 [5AP], H2335, H2336, H2337, H2338 [6AP], H2414, H2415, H2453 [7AP], H2537-H2541, H2547, H2548, H2550, H2551, H2557-H2559, H2561 [8AP]

Government regulations: require a GAO report to determine costs, impact on Federal agency rulemaking and ability to respond to emergencies of requiring a complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities, H8048 [1DE]

Health: protect Medicare, TRICARE, and VA health care programs, H2680, H2683 [14AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations, H2097 [30MR]

———repeal (H.R. 299), H232 [18JA], H348 [19JA], H2279 [4AP], E66 [18JA]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H5941 [7SE]

———legislative priorities, H747-H754 [14FE], H5977 [8SE], H6519 [4OC]

———tribute to staff who worked on H. Con. Res. 34, Federal budget for 2012-2021, H2901 [15AP]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 466), H7737-H7745 [17NO]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 206), H2415-H2424 [7AP]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 409), H6366-H6374 [22SE]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 500), H9812-H9821 [16DE]

HungerFast.org (coalition): tribute to participants in Hunger Fast 2011 opposing Republican budget proposal cuts to programs benefiting the poor and hungry, H2212 [31MR], H2272 [4AP], H2414 [7AP]

Indiana: tribute to State legislature for passing a balanced budget, H3066 [5MY]

Libya: require the President to recommend specific reductions in non-security discretionary appropriations to offset costs of military operations (H.R. 1323), H4006 [3JN]

Medicaid: reform, H2301, H2302 [5AP], H2614, H2616, H2652 [13AP], H2671, H2672, H2675, H2808, H2820, H2822, H2823, H2831-H2834 [14AP], H2879-H2882 [15AP], H2942 [3MY], H3272 [12MY], H3375, H3376, H3399, H3400 [24MY], H3773 [31MY], H4094, H4096 [14JN], H4335 [21JN], H5134 [18JY], H5233 [19JY], H5280 [20JY], H5298 [21JY], H5501 [26JY], E773 [2MY]

Medicare: reform, H2301, H2302, H2303 [5AP], H2333 [6AP], H2419-H2422, H2508-H2514, H2522-H2524 [7AP], H2537, H2539, H2545, H2550 [8AP], H2589, H2594-H2597 [12AP], H2611, H2614, H2615, H2616, H2621, H2648, H2651, H2652 [13AP], H2671, H2672, H2674, H2675, H2681-H2684, H2795, H2797, H2805-H2818, H2820-H2835, H2837, H2848 [14AP], H2860, H2879-H2882, H2892, H2893, H2898, H2900, H2903 [15AP], H2925 [2MY], H3009 [4MY], H3169 [11MY], H3230, H3231, H3265, H3275 [12MY], H3351, H3352, H3371, H3374-H3385, H3396, H3401 [24MY], H3423 [25MY], H3685, H3686 [26MY], H3765, H3767, H3768, H3770, H3773, H3787, H3788, H3799, H3800, H3803 [31MY], H3814, H3815, H3816, H3818-H3828 [1JN], H3925, H3927, H3978-H3980 [2JN], H3989, H3990, H4027-H4031 [3JN], H4094, H4095, H4096 [14JN], H4190, H4192, H4196, H4199, H4200, H4201 [15JN], H4282 [16JN], H4335 [21JN], H4376, H4378 [22JN], H4472, H4474, H4475, H4511-H4515, H4517, H4520 [23JN], H4593 [6JY], H4685, H4686 [7JY], H4862, H4934-H4940 [12JY], H5031 [14JY], H5134 [18JY], H5167, H5169, H5229-H5234, H5235, H5236 [19JY], H5277-H5282 [20JY], H5298 [21JY], H5388 [22JY], H5481-H5487 [25JY], H5499, H5501 [26JY], H5666, H5677 [28JY], H6188, H6189 [15SE], H7122-H7128 [26OC], E639 [5AP], E761 [15AP], E773 [2MY], E900 [13MY], E990 [27MY], E1078 [13JN]

Members of Congress: require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (H.R. 1454), H4046 [13JN]

Minnesota: State government shutdown relative to budget process, H4592 [6JY], H4756 [8JY]

NASA: funding, H2682 [14AP]

National objectives: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (H.R. 1848), H6158 [14SE]

———economic recovery, H3257 [12MY], H4127 [14JN], H4517-H4524 [23JN], H4687, H4688 [7JY], H5234-H5237 [19JY], H5941, H5948, H5951 [7SE], H5972 [8SE], H6085 [12SE], H6104, H6127-H6129 [13SE], H6160 [14SE], H6219-H6225 [15SE], H6359 [22SE], H6469 [3OC]

NIH: funding, H2813 [14AP], H7882, H7883 [18NO]

Norquist, Grover G.: allegations of criminal and ethical misconduct and use of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge to encourage partisanship and advance personal issues, H6509-H6514 [4OC]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H4786-H4791 [8JY]

———evaluation of administration relative to budget and debt crisis, H5402 [25JY]

———State of the Union Message, H473, H503 [26JA]

OMB: determine whether Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act authorizes appropriation of funds for implementation, H6595 [5OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal mandatory funding for new entitlements in order to reduce the deficit, H5941 [7SE]

Pennsylvania: report on constituent work period, H3229 [12MY]

Postal Service: impact of prefunding of retiree benefits, E1718 [23SE]

Presidents of the U.S.: comparison between level of respect shown to past Presidents and President Obama, H5111-H5113 [15JY]

———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (H.R. 1043), H1729 [11MR], E462 [11MR]

Public debt: ceiling, H390 [20JA], H1805 [15MR], H3414, H3415, H3416, H3418, H3419, H3421 [25MY], H3813, H3814 [1JN], H4022, H4023, H4025, H4027 [3JN], H4082, H4083 [14JN], H4377 [22JN]

———constitutional amendment prohibiting the Government from increasing debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of each House of Congress (H.J. Res. 84), H7215 [2NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5664, H5667-H5688, H5693-H5721 [28JY], H5739-H5749, H5751-H5779 [29JY], H5815, H5817, H5818, H5819, H5831-H5866, H5870, H5876, H5878, H5881 [1AU], H7244 [2NO], E1440 [29JY], E1488, E1492, E1494 [2AU], E1503 [5AU]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5090, H5107-H5109 [15JY], H5130, H5134-H5141, H5144-H5147 [18JY], H5156, H5157, H5159, H5162-H5165, H5166, H5167, H5168, H5169, H5170, H5171, H5184-H5234, H5237 [19JY], H5242, H5243, H5244, H5246, H5249, H5250, H5251, H5270-H5281 [20JY], H5295, H5296, H5297, H5298 [21JY], H5378, H5393-H5397 [22JY], H5402 [25JY], H5502 [26JY], H5737 [29JY], H5786 [30JY], H7019 [25OC], H7624 [15NO], E1364, E1365, E1368 [20JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (H. Res. 355), H5171-H5183 [19JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), motion to recommit, H5226 [19JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2693), H5787, H5791-H5811 [30JY]

———cut Federal spending, H4756, H4774 [8JY]

———debt held by foreigners, H611 [10FE], H2320 [5AP]

———decrease statutory limit (H.R. 2409), H4686 [7JY], H4954 [13JY]

———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 77), H6156-H6168 [14SE], E1637, E1647 [15SE]

———eliminate statutory limit and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (H.R. 2931), H6161 [14SE]

———exclude cuts to social programs that support low-income individuals from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit, H6515 [4OC]

———exclude cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit, H4867 [12JY], H5089 [15JY], H5502 [26JY], H5705, H5706 [28JY]

———exclude cuts to veterans' benefits from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit, H7272 [3NO]

———express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction, H7592 [15NO]

———increase statutory limit, H375, H376 [20JA], H4316 [16JN], H4593 [6JY], H4679, H4680, H4681, H4682, H4683, H4684, H4686, H4687 [7JY], H4757, H4773-H4776 [8JY], H4798 [11JY], H4857, H4858, H4859, H4860, H4862, H4863, H4867, H4868, H4869, H4934-H4940 [12JY], H4949, H4951, H4954, H4955, H4956, H4957 [13JY], H5025, H5026, H5029, H5031, H5080-H5083 [14JY], H5090, H5091, H5110, H5111-H5118 [15JY], H5129, H5130, H5142 [18JY], H5154, H5155, H5158, H5169, H5234 [19JY], H5241, H5242, H5243, H5250 [20JY], H5291, H5292, H5293, H5301, H5302 [21JY], H5389-H5397 [22JY], H5401, H5403, H5474-H5481 [25JY], H5493, H5495-H5500, H5501, H5502, H5503 [26JY], H5584, H5588-H5590, H5592, H5593, H5594, H5627, H5628, H5639, H5640, H5657 [27JY], H5737, H5738 [29JY], H5785, H5786, H5787, H5788, H5789 [30JY], H6366 [22SE], H7805 [17NO], E1313 [13JY], E1377 [21JY]

———increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), H3765-H3775, H3788, H3798, H3801-H3803 [31MY], H3810-H3813, H3814, H3815, H3816 [1JN], H3917, H3920 [2JN], H4083 [14JN], H4191 [15JN], E1014 [1JN], E1049 [3JN], E1057 [7JN]

———potential effects of debt limit increase, H2580 [12AP]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached, H2112 [31MR]

———prohibit consideration of a balanced budget constitutional amendment that would result in a reduction of veterans' benefits, H5226 [19JY]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner, H75-H82 [6JA], H5287 [21JY]

Puerto Rico: economic recovery, H3167 [11MY]

Radio: prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming and transfer certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt, H1029 [16FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H72 [6JA], H442 [25JA], H475 [26JA], H666 [10FE], H706, H708, H709 [11FE], H1805 [15MR], H2938, H2942 [3MY], H4195 [15JN], H4355-H4361 [21JN], H5032 [14JY], H7993-H7997 [30NO], H8059-H8062 [1DE], H8202 [7DE], H8741, H8743 [13DE], H8909 [14DE], H9999 [20DE], E134 [26JA], E314 [18FE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H391 [20JA], E738 [15AP]

Social Security: benefits funding, H8743, H8818 [13DE]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H7083 [26OC], H7925 [29NO]

———privatization proposals, H2849 [14AP]

———prohibit reduction in benefits as part of any legislation to reduce the Federal deficit, H8266 [8DE]

Status: report, H7393 [4NO]

Taxation: rates, H849 [15FE], H2681, H2682, H2807, H2808, H2812, H2813, H2816, H2817, H2829-H2831 [14AP], H3269 [12MY], H4149 [14JN], H4470 [23JN], H5206 [19JY]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, H1846 [16MR], H6851 [12OC]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H3271 [12MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: prohibit funding for ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities construction, S3659 [9JN]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), S2014 [31MR], S2109, S2144 [5AP], S2287 [8AP]

———legislative process, S4600 [14JY], S5798-S5800 [21SE], S5936 [23SE], S6014, S6016 [3OC], S8753 [17DE]

———making consolidated, S8556, S8557 [14DE], S8671 [15DE], S8693, S8704-S8706, S8711, S8717-S8721 [16DE], S8746, S8753-S8760, S8763-S8766 [17DE]

———making continuing, S1614 [15MR], S2122-S2127 [5AP], S5732, S5736 [20SE], S5796 [21SE], S5849, S5852, S5871-S5873, S5876-S5878, S5884 [22SE], S5922-S5930, S5936 [23SE], S5961-S5973, S5976, S5987 [26SE], S6640 [18OC], S7395 [14NO], S7433 [15NO], S7678-S7684 [17NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), S934-S936 [28FE], S1023, S1024 [1MR], S1077, S1083-S1089 [2MR], S1214 [3MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), unanimous-consent agreement, S1075 [1MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), S1573 [14MR], S1707 [15MR], S1709, S1728 [16MR], S1788, S1791-S1800, S1805 [17MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), unanimous-consent agreement, S1767 [16MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), S8726 [16DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 95), S8780 [17DE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), S2148 [6AP], S2216, S2229, S2232-S2237, S2239-S2241, S2243, S2246-S2251, S2253, S2260, S2284, S2286 [7AP], S2288, S2293, S2311, S2314, S2317, S2320, S2323, S2325, S2340-S2342, S2362 [8AP], S2381 [12AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), S2367, S2375 [12AP], S2410, S2434, S2438-S2441 [13AP], S2460, S2463-S2468, S2470, S2477, S2480-S2493 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), S2422-S2426, S2433, S2441 [13AP], S2460, S2463-S2468, S2476, S2479, S2488-S2490 [14AP], S2618 [3MY]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), unanimous-consent agreement, S2438 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), S2422-S2426, S2432 [13AP], S2461, S2465, S2467, S2489 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), unanimous-consent agreement, S2438 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), unanimous-consent agreement, S2438 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S822 [17FE], S1022 [28FE], S1023-S1028 [1MR], S1087 [2MR], S1179, S1185-S1193, S1204, S1206-S1208 [3MR], S1245-S1247 [4MR], S1415-S1419, S1421-S1495 [9MR], S1515, S1533, S1544 [10MR], S1591 [14MR], S1614, S1650 [15MR], S1728 [16MR], S1908 [29MR], S1950 [30MR], S2005, S2014, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S2114 [5AP], S2157, S2181, S2186 [6AP], S2236, S2254 [7AP], S2293, S2304 [8AP], S2438, S2439 [13AP], S3717 [13JN]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247-S1250 [4MR], S1309-S1313, S1315-S1318, S1320 [7MR], S1336-S1348, S1350-S1360, S1394-S1398 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S1362 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent request, S1247 [4MR]

———prevent a Government shutdown by requiring funds to be automatically appropriated at the previous year's level if a budget is not agreed upon (S. 784), S2336, S2360 [8AP]

———reduce spending, S585, S586 [7FE], S1667 [15MR], S1722, S1744 [16MR], S7602 [16NO]

———reduce spending (S. 162), S247 [25JA], S249 [26JA]

———reduce spending (S. 245), S81 [25JA], S412-S414 [1FE], S934 [28FE], S1337 [8MR], S2009 [31MR], S2299, S2335 [8AP], S2414 [13AP], S2484 [14AP], S3790, S3798, S3799 [15JN], S4059 [23JN]

———rescind earmarked funds that have not been spent for a certain period, S781 [16FE]

———rescind unused earmarks, S825 [17FE]

———rescind unused earmarks (S. 282), S584-S586 [7FE]

Armed Forces: funding, S4830 [22JY]

Balance, S2712 [5MY]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S2318 [8AP]

Budget Control Act: protect Medicare from budget cuts, S7608-S7610 [16NO]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): committee allocations and budget aggregates, S6178 [5OC], S6853 [20OC], S6911 [31OC], S8725 [16DE]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): establish, S4976, S4979 [28JY], S5204, S5218 [2AU]

———express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients, S7180 [8NO]

———failure to reach a bipartisan agreement, S7886 [28NO]

———preserve benefits for Social Security recipients and continue to factor in the consumer price index, S7356-S7358 [10NO], S7423 [15NO], S7599 [16NO]

———protect entitlements while seeking to reduce the budget deficit, S7634-S7636 [17NO]

Committees of the Senate: committee allocations, budget aggregates, and pay-as-you-go scorecard, S5378 [7SE], S5704 [16SE], S5831 [21SE]

———committee allocations and budget aggregates, S7611 [16NO]

Congress: establish biennial cycle, S1327 [7MR], S1527 [10MR], S2321 [8AP], S2414, S2415 [13AP], S2711 [5MY], S8531 [13DE]

———importance of bipartisanship, S4668, S4669 [19JY]

———prohibit earmarks (S. 1930), S8075 [30NO], S8079 [1DE]

Constitutional amendments: balance, S957 [28FE], S1035, S1039 [1MR], S1107, S1109-S1111 [2MR], S1526 [10MR], S2006 [31MR], S2311 [8AP], S2647 [4MY], S4109-S4113 [27JN], S4537 [13JY], S4569 [14JY], S4653-S4656 [19JY], S4901 [26JY], S4949 [27JY], S5036-S5038, S5044 [29JY], S8429-S8432, S8434-S8437 [8DE], S8702 [16DE]

———balance (S.J. Res. 3), S821 [17FE], S3326 [25MY]

———balance (S.J. Res. 4), S424 [1FE], S1881 [28MR]

———balance (S.J. Res. 10), S2153 [6AP], S2227 [7AP], S2414, S2416 [13AP], S2710 [5MY], S3601 [8JN], S4837 [22JY], S4890, S4897 [26JY], S8493, S8495-S8499, S8507-S8539 [13DE], S8559-S8566, S8587, S8588 [14DE]

———balance (S.J. Res. 10), unanimous-consent agreement, S8492 [12DE]

———balance (S.J. Res. 23), S4166-S4170, S4185-S4189, S4197-S4199, S4235 [29JN], S4244, S4249-S4255, S4273 [30JN], S4323 [5JY], S4340, S4342-S4344, S4346, S4347, S4350, S4358, S4364, S4369, S4378, S4380 [6JY], S4408, S4420, S4426, S4432 [7JY], S4499, S4500, S4502 [12JY], S4547 [13JY], S4663 [19JY], S4925 [27JY]

———balance (S.J. Res. 24), S8493, S8495-S8499, S8507, S8508, S8511-S8513, S8520-S8539 [13DE], S8559-S8566, S8587, S8588 [14DE]

———balance (S.J. Res. 24), unanimous-consent agreement, S8492 [12DE]

Deficit, S73 [25JA], S353 [31JA], S438, S440, S461 [2FE], S585 [7FE], S622 [8FE], S637 [10FE], S663, S673 [14FE], S777, S778 [16FE], S820 [17FE], S1025 [1MR], S1084-S1088 [2MR], S1174, S1179, S1180, S1193-S1195, S1197, S1206 [3MR], S1315 [7MR], S1336, S1354-S1356 [8MR], S1416, S1418, S1421, S1475, S1489-S1491 [9MR], S1519, S1521, S1525-S1530, S1542 [10MR], S1576 [14MR], S1644 [15MR], S1964, S1967, S1969 [30MR], S2009, S2026-S2028, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S2071-S2073 [4AP], S2122-S2127 [5AP], S2152-S2154 [6AP], S2222, S2234-S2236, S2256 [7AP], S2293, S2301, S2311, S2312, S2314, S2316, S2317-S2319, S2332, S2334, S2341 [8AP], S2365, S2367 [12AP], S2410, S2412-S2422, S2431, S2436-S2438 [13AP], S2466, S2477, S2484 [14AP], S2647, S2664, S2667-S2671 [4MY], S2702, S2709 [5MY], S2815, S2818 [10MY], S2858, S2864, S2870 [11MY], S2904, S2905-S2907 [12MY], S2976 [16MY], S3065-S3067 [18MY], S3208-S3210 [23MY], S3264 [24MY], S3290, S3293, S3301, S3309, S3320-S3328 [25MY], S3368, S3372-S3376, S3411, S3415 [26MY], S3489 [6JN], S3567 [7JN], S3633, S3652 [9JN], S3714 [13JN], S3745, S3756, S3758 [14JN], S3796-S3799 [15JN], S3985-S3987 [22JN], S4040-S4045, S4058, S4060, S4061-S4065 [23JN], S4109, S4113-S4122 [27JN], S4135-S4138, S4146, S4164 [28JN], S4177, S4182, S4185-S4189, S4196-S4201 [29JN], S4247-S4250, S4268, S4270, S4274, S4280 [30JN], S4314 [5JY], S4341-S4355 [6JY], S4411-S4415, S4421-S4435 [7JY], S4470, S4474 [11JY], S4498-S4501, S4503, S4506 [12JY], S4547, S4549-S4551 [13JY], S4571, S4592, S4595 [14JY], S4695-S4699 [20JY], S4903 [26JY], S4930-S4933 [27JY], S5030, S5040 [29JY], S5330 [6SE], S5488 [12SE], S5599, S5613 [14SE], S5659 [15SE], S5708, S5709 [19SE], S5737, S5738, S5751 [20SE], S5930 [23SE], S6023-S6026 [3OC], S6067 [4OC], S6172 [5OC], S6297 [6OC], S6640 [18OC], S6982 [1NO], S7019-S7021 [2NO], S7180 [8NO], S7281 [9NO], S7681 [17NO], S7816 [18NO], S8140 [1DE], S8366-S8368 [6DE], S8450-S8452 [8DE], S8708, S8716 [16DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S1171 [3MR]

Dept. of Defense: funding, S4905 [26JY], S5214, S5217 [2AU]

———implement a fully integrated finance and accounting system, S8433 [8DE]

Dept. of Energy: National Nuclear Security Administration nonproliferation programs funding, S2186 [6AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue Buy Back America Bonds and use funds to pay down foreign-held and other public debt (S. 1909), S7832 [18NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: cap funding at a level provided for in concurrent budget resolution for fiscal year 2012, S4662, S4663 [19JY], S4690, S4691 [20JY]

Disasters: require the President's budget to include, at a minimum, a request for disaster funding based on a 10 year average (S. 1563), S5687 [15SE]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, S2374 [12AP], S2712 [5MY], S4171 [29JN], S4251, S4252 [30JN], S4797 [21JY]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S2251-S2253 [7AP], S3512, S3518 [7JN], S3596 [8JN], S4337, S4350, S4354, S4377 [6JY]

———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion, S7263-S7268, S7270-S7277 [9NO], S7336-S7338 [10NO]

———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion (S. 1720), S6566-S6569, S6621 [17OC], S6623 [18OC]

———impact of economic recession, S4116 [27JN]

———impact of entitlement programs, S1085 [2MR], S2034, S2035 [31MR]

———importance of job creation, S6060 [4OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, S2068 [4AP], S2757 [9MY], S2815 [10MY]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S8470 [12DE], S8494, S8499, S8502, S8540, S8553 [13DE], S8555, S8558, S8559, S8567-S8570, S8574, S8577-S8586, S8617 [14DE], S8669 [15DE], S8703, S8711-S8717 [16DE], S8746-S8753 [17DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), unanimous-consent agreement, S8742 [16DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), unanimous-consent request, S8556, S8567, S8570 [14DE]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (H.R. 3765), unanimous-consent agreement, S8789 [23DE]

———reform entitlement programs, S3065-S3067 [18MY], S3264 [24MY], S3293 [25MY], S3790 [15JN], S3940 [21JN], S4433-S4435 [7JY], S4829 [22JY], S4886 [26JY], S4942, S4952 [27JY], S4977 [28JY], S5226, S5232 [2AU], S5738 [20SE]

Education: funding, S3602 [8JN], S6565 [17OC], S6623 [18OC]

Employment: reduce the deficit and restore the middle class by creating jobs, S7598 [16NO]

FCC: establish a commission to conduct spectrum incentive auctions and use the revenue towards the public debt, S4933 [27JY]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs, S4345, S4354 [6JY], S4769 [21JY], S4951 [27JY], S5654, S5658 [15SE], S7891 [28NO], S8452 [8DE]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, S637 [10FE], S656-S659, S663, S673 [14FE], S706-S708 [15FE], S765, S774, S778-S780 [16FE], S817, S818, S820-S823 [17FE], S1193, S1197 [3MR], S1416-S1419 [9MR], S1515, S1521, S1541-S1543 [10MR], S1576 [14MR], S1709 [16MR], S1791 [17MR], S1879 [28MR], S1908, S1910-S1912, S1920 [29MR], S1945, S1949, S1964, S1967 [30MR], S2005, S2009, S2026-S2028, S2034, S2035 [31MR], S2063, S2071-S2073, S2079 [4AP], S2095, S2108, S2109, S2112-S2119, S2142 [5AP], S2145, S2148, S2149, S2153, S2157, S2159, S2181 [6AP], S2216, S2219, S2222-S2224, S2225, S2228-S2241, S2243, S2256-S2262 [7AP], S2287, S2308 [8AP], S2365-S2371, S2375-S2378, S2381 [12AP], S2416-S2422 [13AP], S2710 [5MY], S2980 [16MY], S3120-S3122 [19MY], S3208-S3210, S3219 [23MY], S3248 [24MY], S3294, S3296-S3298, S3301, S3307-S3310, S3316, S3333-S3335 [25MY], S3368, S3372-S3375, S3380-S3386, S3408, S3410-S3412, S3415 [26MY], S3489 [6JN], S3602 [8JN], S3633, S3634 [9JN], S3715, S3722 [13JN], S3756-S3759 [14JN], S4058, S4060 [23JN], S4107, S4109-S4113, S4115-S4122 [27JN], S4146 [28JN], S4171, S4177, S4182, S4196, S4200 [29JN], S4248, S4254, S4269-S4276 [30JN], S4317-S4319, S4321 [5JY], S4342, S4348, S4350, S4352, S4357, S4371 [6JY], S4413-S4415, S4429 [7JY], S4461-S4470, S4474-S4476, S4479-S4481 [11JY], S4493-S4501, S4506, S4509-S4515 [12JY], S4538, S4540, S4547, S4549-S4551 [13JY], S4569, S4571-S4577, S4586-S4600, S4602-S4605 [14JY], S4662, S4663 [19JY], S4688, S4690 [20JY], S4863-S4865 [25JY], S5353 [7SE], S8450-S8452 [8DE]

———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, S666, S667 [14FE], S1947-S1949 [30MR], S2426-S2432, S2436-S2438 [13AP], S2470, S2473, S2477, S2485 [14AP], S2820 [10MY], S2858 [11MY], S2915-S2917 [12MY], S3208 [23MY], S3290, S3296-S3298, S3307, S3316, S3333-S3335 [25MY], S3578 [8JN], S4425 [7JY]

———eliminate wasteful, inefficient and duplicative spending, S2384 [12AP], S4828 [22JY]

———eliminate wasteful spending, provide for comprehensive budget reform, and establish the Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint) (S. 439), S1526 [10MR], S3788 [15JN]

———eliminate wasteful spending and provide for comprehensive budget reform, S5659-S5661 [15SE], S7119 [3NO]

———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending, S4344 [6JY], S4540 [13JY]

———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (S. 360), S793 [16FE]

———setting forth for 2012-2016 (S. Con. Res. 20), S3335, S3336 [25MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2016 (S. Con. Res. 20), motion to proceed, S3327, S3332 [25MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), S2371, S2375-S2378, S2403-S2405 [12AP], S2409, S2419, S2430-S2433, S2440 [13AP], S2483-S2488 [14AP], S2667-S2671 [4MY], S2702, S2706 [5MY], S2820 [10MY], S2906 [12MY], S2981 [16MY], S3208 [23MY], S3252-S3257, S3264 [24MY], S3333-S3336 [25MY], S3380-S3386 [26MY], S3516 [7JN], S3652 [9JN], S3715, S3717 [13JN], S3741, S3763 [14JN], S3787, S3791, S3797, S3798 [15JN], S3983 [22JN], S4041 [23JN], S4109-S4113, S4115-S4122 [27JN], S4136 [28JN], S4182 [29JN], S4335, S4338, S4340, S4358 [6JY], S4422, S4425, S4445 [7JY], S4462, S4467, S4479-S4481 [11JY], S4503 [12JY], S4688, S4693, S4700 [20JY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S3289, S3294, S3295, S3296-S3300, S3302, S3307-S3310, S3316-S3332 [25MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 18), S3335 [25MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 18), motion to proceed, S3332 [25MY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 21), S3335 [25MY], S4425 [7JY]

———setting forth for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 21), motion to proceed, S3324-S3327, S3332 [25MY]

Federal-State relations: prohibit State bailouts by the Federal Government (S. Res. 188), S3375 [26MY]

Flathead Valley Community College: tribute to Scholars Program deficit reduction plan, S7291 [9NO]

GAO: report on waste in Government spending, S2367 [12AP]

Government: establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (S. 211), S1358 [8MR], S2124 [5AP]

———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 1420), S4915 [26JY], S4917, S4936 [27JY], S4996 [28JY]

———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 388), S887 [17FE], S1026, S1047, S1048, S1051 [1MR], S1117 [2MR], S1320 [7MR], S2013-S2015 [31MR], S2115 [5AP]

———provide for continuing operations in a fiscally responsible manner (S. 768), S2284, S2286 [7AP], S2287 [8AP]

———provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (S. 1651), S6179 [5OC], S6640 [18OC]

———require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (S. 1222), S3894 [16JN]

———shutdown relative to budget process, S2149, S2159 [6AP], S2222, S2224, S2228-S2241, S2243-S2261 [7AP], S2292, S2294-S2297, S2308, S2313-S2315, S2319, S2320, S2322 [8AP], S5966 [26SE]

Hagan, Senator: results of North Carolina Budget Listening Tour, S4547 [13JY]

House of Representatives: impact of proposed budget cuts on Federal aid programs, S2103, S2104 [5AP]

HungerFast.org (coalition): tribute to participants in Hunger Fast 2011 opposing Republican budget proposal cuts to programs benefiting the poor and hungry, S2438 [13AP]

Medicaid: reform, S2483 [14AP], S2906 [12MY], S3330 [25MY], S3717-S3719 [13JN], S4116, S4118 [27JN], S4907 [26JY]

Medicare: reform, S2377 [12AP], S2409, S2433, S2440 [13AP], S2465, S2473, S2483, S2486 [14AP], S2667 [4MY], S2906 [12MY], S3099 [18MY], S3205 [23MY], S3252-S3257 [24MY], S3289, S3295-S3300, S3302, S3306-S3310, S3316-S3319, S3323-S3331, S3333, S3335 [25MY], S3380-S3386, S3408-S3411 [26MY], S3508 [6JN], S3516 [7JN], S3741, S3746, S3757-S3759 [14JN], S3787, S3791-S3793, S3797, S3798, S3801, S3803 [15JN], S3851, S3877 [16JN], S3981 [22JN], S4112, S4118 [27JN], S4165, S4171, S4185 [29JN], S4335, S4338, S4354 [6JY], S4422, S4445 [7JY], S4498, S4503 [12JY], S4547, S4549 [13JY], S4657 [19JY], S4689, S4693 [20JY], S5209 [2AU], S8707 [16DE]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution has not been approved, S6159 [5OC]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient, S8366-S8368 [6DE]

National objectives: economic recovery, S2157 [6AP], S2413, S2414, S2415 [13AP], S2701, S2702 [5MY], S2853-S2855 [11MY], S2896, S2918 [12MY], S3577-S3579 [8JN], S3651 [9JN], S3982-S3984 [22JN], S4040-S4045, S4061-S4065 [23JN], S5317 [6SE], S5371 [7SE], S5412-S5415 [8SE], S5472, S5479 [9SE], S5673-S5676 [15SE], S7019-S7021 [2NO], S8365 [6DE], S8440 [8DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to budget and debt crisis, S4253, S4270, S4276, S4278 [30JN], S4898 [26JY], S5751 [20SE]

———evaluation of economic policies, S2706 [5MY], S3632 [9JN], S3713 [13JN], S4037-S4039, S4044 [23JN], S4108 [27JN], S4249, S4260 [30JN], S4334, S4356, S4380 [6JY], S5317-S5319 [6SE], S5352 [7SE], S6170 [5OC], S6475, S6495 [13OC], S6624 [18OC], S8697-S8699 [16DE]

———proposal to freeze discretionary spending, S765 [16FE]

———State of the Union Message, S72 [25JA], S249-S255, S258 [26JA]

Ohio: budget deficit relative to tax rates, S5328 [6SE]

OMB: consolidate unnecessary duplicative and overlapping Government programs, S2169 [6AP], S2483 [14AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: require OMB Director to identify and offset cost of repeal of certain reporting requirements through reductions in non-defense appropriated discretionary funding, S471, S473 [2FE]

Presidents of the U.S.: provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (S. 102), S5413 [8SE]

Public debt: ceiling, S1035 [1MR], S2413, S2429-S2431, S2435 [13AP], S2640 [4MY], S2701, S2709 [5MY], S2853-S2855 [11MY], S2896 [12MY], S2975, S2978-S2981 [16MY], S3219 [23MY], S3797-S3799 [15JN], S3908 [20JN], S3940, S3955 [21JN], S3988 [22JN], S4037-S4039, S4041-S4045, S4057, S4061-S4065 [23JN]

———cut and cap Federal spending, S8085-S8087 [1DE]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, S4976, S4979, S4985 [28JY], S5062 [29JY], S5089-S5144 [30JY], S5147-S5154 [31JY], S5156-S5162, S5164-S5178, S5183 [1AU], S5201-S5223, S5225, S5226, S5228-S5233 [2AU]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), S4647-S4649, S4653 [19JY], S4681-S4683, S4685-S4687, S4689-S4693, S4699, S4712-S4715 [20JY], S4741-S4743 [21JY], S4826-S4829, S4837-S4839 [22JY], S4887, S4890, S4897 [26JY], S5125, S5136 [30JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), motion to proceed, S4743-S4775, S4777-S4779, S4781-S4795 [21JY], S4813-S4826 [22JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (S. 1340), S4442, S4459 [7JY], S4461 [11JY], S4551 [13JY], S4573, S4589, S4592 [14JY], S4624 [18JY]

———debt held by foreigners, S4169, S4170 [29JN]

———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (S.J. Res. 25), S5377 [7SE], S5442, S5466 [8SE]

———exclude cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit, S4504 [12JY]

———exclude cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit (S. Res. 230), S4488 [11JY], S4795 [21JY]

———increase statutory limit, S2108 [5AP], S3595 [8JN], S4108-S4115 [27JN], S4135 [28JN], S4166, S4167, S4185 [29JN], S4243, S4248, S4262-S4267, S4270-S4276, S4278-S4286 [30JN], S4311, S4312, S4314, S4318, S4323 [5JY], S4333-S4344, S4346-S4353, S4355-S4382 [6JY], S4405-S4409, S4411, S4415-S4424, S4426-S4438, S4440, S4442, S4444 [7JY], S4474, S4479-S4482 [11JY], S4493-S4497, S4501-S4503, S4505, S4509-S4515 [12JY], S4535-S4545, S4548, S4550, S4551 [13JY], S4568-S4576, S4589-S4600, S4602-S4605 [14JY], S4623-S4627 [18JY], S4649, S4656-S4660, S4667-S4669, S4679 [19JY], S4683-S4685, S4688, S4693-S4695 [20JY], S4826, S4827, S4829 [22JY], S4856-S4859, S4862-S4865 [25JY], S4883-S4893, S4895-S4905 [26JY], S4917-S4920, S4922-S4936, S4942-S4945, S4948-S4955 [27JY], S4973-S4982, S4984-S4992, S4995-S4999, S5001-S5012 [28JY], S5027-S5034, S5036-S5049, S5052 [29JY]

———increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), S3578 [8JN]

———increase statutory limit (S. 1326), S4331 [5JY], S4333 [6JY]

———institute entitlement reform to reduce the budget deficit, S7351 [10NO]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached, S1045, S1046, S1049, S1050 [1MR]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached, S952 [28FE], S1035 [1MR]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (S. 163), S247 [25JA], S249 [26JA]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4297, S4305 [30JN], S4312 [5JY], S4477 [11JY], S4496, S4503-S4515 [12JY], S4536, S4540 [13JY], S4570 [14JY], S4865, S4866 [25JY], S4883, S4893 [26JY], S4933 [27JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), motion to proceed, S4313 [5JY], S4334-S4344, S4347-S4356, S4361-S4382 [6JY], S4403-S4409, S4411, S4413, S4415, S4435, S4440 [7JY], S4461, S4474-S4477 [11JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S2302 [8AP], S2403-S2405 [12AP], S3481 [6JN]

Senate: legislative priorities, S1519 [10MR], S2560 [2MY], S2756 [9MY], S3477 [6JN], S3802 [15JN], S4107 [27JN], S6014-S6017 [3OC], S7095 [3NO]

———provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above a certain amount unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 days (S. 1341), S4765 [21JY]

———reduce budget of the Senate, S1642, S1643 [15MR], S1715, S1717 [16MR]

———reduce budget of the Senate (S. Res. 94), S1768 [16MR]

Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs, S4010, S4011 [22JN], S4189-S4191, S4203, S4206, S4207, S4209 [29JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S4507 [12JY], S4589 [14JY], S4657-S4660 [19JY]

———ensure timely payment of benefits in August, 2011 (S. 1364), S4558 [13JY]

Taxation: definition of tax expenditure, S4350-S4352 [6JY]

———extend time for filing individual income tax returns in the case of a Federal Government shutdown (S. 783), S2362 [8AP], S2366 [12AP]

———prohibit rate increase on small businesses, S4504 [12JY]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), S8058, S8075 [30NO], S8079-S8081, S8120 [1DE]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), motion to proceed, S8130, S8139, S8140 [1DE], S8442, S8445, S8452-S8454 [8DE]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), unanimous-consent agreement, S8126 [1DE]

———rates, S2711 [5MY], S5057-S5061 [29JY]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by creating a surtax on high income individuals and eliminating big oil and gas company tax loopholes (S. 552), S1556 [10MR]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, S5100 [30JY], S5709 [19SE]

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: ensure that actions taken by regulatory agencies are subject to such Act, S4476 [11JY]

Walker, David: Comeback America Initiative (organization) lectures on the national debt, S3632 [9JN]

War: require new war funding be offset (S. Res. 133), S2211 [6AP], S5513 [13SE]

Reports

Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11: Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service (excerpt), H1926 [17MR]

Federal Shutdown Could Derail the Economy: Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, Inc., H2005 [29MR]

Proposals To Cut Federal Spending: Alec Phillips, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., H2006 [29MR]

Republican Proposal To `Right Our Ship' Throws More Workers Overboard: Rebecca Thiess, Economic Policy Institute, H2004 [29MR]

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H7393-H7395 [4NO], H9921-H9923 [16DE]

United States of America ``AAA/A-1+'' Rating Affirmed; Outlook Revised to Negative: Standard and Poor's (company), H3769 [31MY]

Reports filed

Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-76), S5458 [8SE]

Allow Consideration of Motion To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 466) (H. Rept. 112-285), H7626 [15NO]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 34, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2012-2021: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 223) (H. Rept. 112-62), H2664 [13AP]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 35, Correction in Enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and Continuing Appropriations for Other Federal Departments and Agencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 218) (H. Rept. 112-60), H2602 [12AP], H2664 [13AP]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 36, Correction in Enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and Continuing Appropriations for Other Federal Departments and Agencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 218) (H. Rept. 112-60), H2602 [12AP], H2664 [13AP]

Consideration of H. Res. 501, Sense of the House on Job Creation Incentives and Tax Provisions and Federal Programs Extension and Reform Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 112-335), H9945 [19DE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 44, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 115) (H. Rept. 112-19), H1389 [28FE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 48, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 167) (H. Rept. 112-33), H1795 [14MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 79, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 399) (H. Rept. 112-207), H6230 [15SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and Other Departments and Agencies Appropriations, Unobligated Stimulus Funds Rescission, and Discretionary Spending Reduction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 112-13), H773 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1255, Government Shutdown Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 194) (H. Rept. 112-49), H2213 [31MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1363, Dept. of Defense and Continuing Appropriations for Other Federal Departments and Agencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 112-56), H2409 [6AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and Continuing Appropriations for Other Federal Departments and Agencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 218) (H. Rept. 112-60), H2602 [12AP], H2664 [13AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2560, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 355) (H. Rept. 112-150), H5149 [18JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 112-328), H8727 [12DE]

Consideration of S. 365, Budget Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 384) (H. Rept. 112-190), H5882 [1AU]

Consideration of S. 627, Budget Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 375) (H. Rept. 112-184), H5660 [27JY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 383) (H. Rept. 112-187), H5780 [29JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 112-335), H9945 [19DE]

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.J. Res. 1) (H. Rept. 112-117), H4525 [23JN]

Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2146) (H. Rept. 112-260), H7068 [25OC]

Reduce Spending Through a Transition to Non-Security Spending at Fiscal Year 2008 Levels: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 38) (H. Rept. 112-3), H353 [19JA]

Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-102), S8775 [17DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-81), S5836 [21SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-86), S5902 [22SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-87), S6330 [6OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-89), S6871 [20OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-95), S7701 [17NO]

Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2011: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 112-12), H773 [14FE]

Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2012: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 112-104), H4185 [14JN]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 112-56), H2409 [6AP]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 409) (H. Rept. 112-214), H6341 [21SE], H6412 [22SE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 500) (H. Rept. 112-332), H9430 [15DE]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2012-2021: Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 34) (H. Rept. 112-58), H2575 [11AP]

Suballocation of the Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2012: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 112-96), H3868, H3909 [1JN]

Rules

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select), S6760 [19OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2502 [7AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2617 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2617 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2617 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H879, H883, H890, H897 [15FE], H970, H984, H988, H991, H994, H1008, H1025, H1028, H1029, H1033, H1034, H1044, H1064 [16FE], H1103, H1111, H1115 [17FE], H1203, H1215, H1222, H1232, H1244, H1271, H1282, H1288 [18FE]

Federal budget: setting forth for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2867 [15AP]

Statements

``Big Deal'' Is Foundation for ``Long-Term Austerity''—Why I Voted ``No'' on the Budget Deal: Representative Jackson, H5859 [1AU]

Budget Control Act: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H5701 [28JY]

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Executive Office of the President, H7850 [18NO]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: OMB, H8750 [13DE]

Open Letter to Congress and the President—Listen to Your Pastors: Faith in Public Life (organization) and Sojourners (organization), H5155 [19JY]

Statutory Public Debt Limit Increase: Several Constituents of Representative George Miller, E1441 [29JY]

Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act: Several Republican Senators, H9953 [20DE]

Treat President Obama Like All Other Presidents!—Raise the Debt Ceiling Without Conditions: Representative Jackson, H5860 [1AU]

We Must Not Leave Them Wanting: Jack Bailer, Judith P. Hoyer Foundation, E471 [14MR]

Summaries

Setting Forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34): Cooper Substitute Proposal, H2836 [14AP]

Tables

AAA and AA credit ratings by country, H5744 [29JY]

Allocations of spending authority to House committees other than the Committee on Appropriations (House), H720 [11FE]

Budget aggregates, S5379 [7SE], S6178 [5OC], S6911 [31OC], S7611 [16NO], S8725 [16DE], H6779 [11OC], H6851 [12OC], H7158 [27OC]

Budgetary effects of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8811 [13DE], H9982 [20DE]

Budgetary effects of Senate substitute amendment to H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, H9983 [20DE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget allocations, S6178 [5OC]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S6178 [5OC], S6853 [20OC], S6911 [31OC], S8725 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363): Division A, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H2459-H2500 [7AP]

Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473): Division A, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H2747-H2788 [14AP]

Dept. of Defense appropriations in Inouye substitute amendment to H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, S1424-S1465 [9MR]

Duplicative Federal programs identified by GAO, S4207 [29JN]

Effects on revenues and direct spending of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8812 [13DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, H352 [19JA]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1194, Dept. of HHS renewal of authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs, H3785 [31MY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8812 [13DE]

Republican budget resolution stashes Federal-aid highway infrastructure investment, H2836 [14AP]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3822 [1JN], H4104 [14JN], E168 [8FE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6852 [12OC], H7158 [27OC]

Senate committee budget authority and outlay allocations: 2011, S5378 [7SE], S5704 [16SE], S5831 [21SE], S7611 [16NO]

———2012, S5378 [7SE], S8725 [16DE]

———2012-2016, S5379 [7SE]

———2012-2021, S5379 [7SE]

Senate Democratic budget proposal tax provisions, S5059 [29JY]

Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard, S5379 [7SE]

Social Security aggregates, S5379 [7SE]

Spending offsets and budget restraints rejected since statutory pay-as-you-go was adopted, S79 [25JA]

Summary of budget receipts, outlays, and surpluses or deficits as percentages of Gross Domestic Product—1930-2016: Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S5098 [30JY]

Testimonies

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S8434-S8437 [8DE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 34, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, H2837-H2843 [14AP]

H. Con. Res. 35, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to health care reform funding, H2795 [14AP]

H. Con. Res. 36, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to Planned Parenthood funding, H2798 [14AP]

H. Con. Res. 70, corrections in enrollment of S. 365, Budget Control Act, H5867 [1AU]

H. Res. 38, reduce budget spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels, H446 [25JA]

H. Res. 43, consideration of H. Res. 38, reduce budget spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels, H403 [24JA]

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies appropriations, unobligated stimulus funds rescission, and discretionary spending reduction, H804 [15FE]

H. Res. 115, consideration of H.J. Res. 44, continuing appropriations, H1406 [1MR]

H. Res. 167, consideration of H.J. Res. 48, continuing appropriations, H1806 [15MR]

H. Res. 206, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation and consideration of H.R. 1363, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, H2415 [7AP]

H. Res. 218, consideration of H. Con. Res. 35, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to health care reform funding, H2616 [13AP]

H. Res. 218, consideration of H. Con. Res. 36, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to Planned Parenthood funding, H2616 [13AP]

H. Res. 218, consideration of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, H2616 [13AP]

H. Res. 223, consideration of H. Con. Res. 34, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, H2675 [14AP]

H. Res. 355, consideration of H.R. 2560, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, H5171 [19JY]

H. Res. 384, consideration of S. 365, Budget Control Act, H5831 [1AU]

H. Res. 409, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H6366 [22SE]

H. Res. 466, allow consideration of motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, H7737 [17NO]

H. Res. 491, consideration of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8745 [13DE]

H. Res. 500, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H9812 [16DE]

H. Res. 501, sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs, H9987 [20DE]

H. Res. 502, consideration of H. Res. 501, sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs, H9949 [20DE]

H. Res. 502, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H9949 [20DE]

H.J. Res. 2, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H7782 [17NO]

H.J. Res. 44, continuing appropriations, H1415-H1417 [1MR]

H.J. Res. 48, continuing appropriations, H1811-H1814 [15MR]

H.J. Res. 77, disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, H6156 [14SE]

H.J. Res. 94, continuing appropriations, H9908 [16DE]

H.J. Res. 95, continuing appropriations, H9908 [16DE]

H.R. 1246, reduce Dept. of Defense amounts appropriated for printing and reproduction, H2273 [4AP]

H.R. 1255, Government Shutdown Prevention Act, H2239 [1AP]

H.R. 1363, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, H2426-H2451 [7AP]

H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, H2687-H2738 [14AP]

H.R. 1954, increase statutory limit on the public debt, H3765 [31MY]

H.R. 2560, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, H5184 [19JY]

H.R. 2693, Budget Control Act, H5791-H5799 [30JY]

H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8763-H8799 [13DE]

H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, S8749-S8752 [17DE], H9960-H9963 [20DE]

H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, H10021-H10025 [23DE]

S. 3, Fiscal Responsibility and Spending Control Act, S128 [25JA]

S. 26, Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act, S143 [25JA]

S. 365, Budget Control Act, H5840-H5847 [1AU]

S. 388, prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns, S1051 [1MR]

S. 627, Budget Control Act, H5693-H5698 [28JY]

S. 784, Preventing a Government Shutdown Act-S2360 [8AP]

S. 1323, require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts, S4297 [30JN]

S. 1909, Dept. of the Treasury issuance of Buy Back America Bonds and usage of funds to pay down foreign-held and other public debt, S7833 [18NO]

S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, S3184-S3190 [19MY]

S. Con. Res. 19, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, S3190-S3195 [19MY]

S. Con. Res. 20, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2016, S3195-S3199 [19MY]

S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, S3230-S3235 [23MY]

S. Res. 16, amend Senate Rules to require all legislative matters be available and scored by CBO for a certain period before consideration by any Senate subcommittee, committee, or on the floor, S242 [25JA]

S. Res. 19, amend Senate Rules to require a descriptive summary of each provision of legislative matters be available for a certain period before consideration by any Senate subcommittee, committee, or on the floor, S243 [25JA]

S. Res. 23, amend Senate Rules to prohibit unauthorized earmarks, S245 [25JA]

S. Res. 41, reduce spending by the amount resulting from the recently announced earmark moratorium, S551 [3FE]

S. Res. 94, Senate budget reduction, S1412 [8MR], S1768 [16MR]

S. Res. 133, require new war funding be offset, S2210 [6AP]

S. Res. 188, prohibit State bailouts by the Federal Government, S3112 [18MY]

S. Res. 226, express that the President does not have the authority to ignore the statutory debt limit by ordering the Dept. of the Treasury to continue issuing debt on the full faith and credit of the U.S., S4454 [7JY]

S. Res. 230, exclude cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit, S4487 [11JY]

S. Res. 331, express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction, S7620 [16NO]

S.J. Res. 5, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S550 [3FE]

S.J. Res. 23, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S4235 [29JN]