BUDGET CONTROL ACT
Amendments
Enact (S. 627), S5063, S5078, S5086 [29JY], H5761 [29JY]
Appointments
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select), S5344 [6SE], H5903 [12AU]
Articles and editorials
Republican Leaders Voted for Debt Drivers They Blame on Obama, H5707 [28JY]
Bills and resolutions
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]
———report findings and propose legislation to restore workforce to full employment (see S. 1532, 1533), S5459 [8SE] (see H.R. 2836), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2836), H5938 [6SE] (see H.R. 2837), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2837), H5938 [6SE]
———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]
Employment: reduce the deficit and restore the middle class by creating jobs (see H.R. 2855), H5964 [7SE]
Enact (see H.R. 2693), H5733 [28JY]
Enact (S. 365): consideration (see H. Res. 384), H5882 [1AU]
———corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 70), H5885 [1AU]
Enact (S. 627): consideration (see H. Res. 375), H5660 [27JY] (see H. Res. 383), H5780 [29JY]
Federal aid programs: 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]
Medicare: exempt from fallback sequestration (see H.R. 3519), H7928 [29NO]
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]
Cloture motions
Enact (S. 627): House amendment, S5062 [29JY], S5153 [31JY]
Letters
Provisions: several Senators, H5686 [28JY]
Statutory public debt limit increase: Daniel S. Threlkeld, S5100 [30JY]
———David Beriss, S5100 [30JY]
———Matthew Cope, S5100 [30JY]
———Monique M. Jones, S5100 [30JY]
Motions
Enact (S. 627), S5062, S5063 [29JY], H5764 [29JY]
Remarks in House
Budget: 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]
———reform entitlement programs, H5759, H5761, H5767-H5769, H5771, H5773, H5774 [29JY], H5860 [1AU]
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]
———report findings and propose legislation to restore workforce to full employment, H7921 [29NO]
Dept. of Education: terminate authority to make certain loans to graduate and professional students and direct loan repayment incentives, H7244 [2NO]
Economy: importance of job creation, H5768-H5774 [29JY]
Enact (H.R. 2693), H5787, H5791-H5811 [30JY]
Enact (S. 365), H5815, H5817, H5818, H5819, H5840-H5866, H5870, H5876, H5878, H5881 [1AU], E1488, E1492, E1494 [2AU], E1503 [5AU]
———consideration (H. Res. 384), H5831-H5839 [1AU]
———corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 70), H5867 [1AU]
Enact (S. 627), H5664, H5667-H5678, H5693-H5721 [28JY], H5761-H5779 [29JY], H7244 [2NO], E1440 [29JY], E1492 [2AU]
———consideration (H. Res. 375), H5678-H5688 [28JY]
———consideration (H. Res. 383), H5751-H5761 [29JY]
———motion to recommit, H5764, H5765 [29JY]
Federal aid programs: protect Social Security and SSI programs from budget cuts, E2107 [18NO]
Public debt: exclude cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit, H5705, H5706 [28JY]
Remarks in Senate
Budget: 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]
———reform entitlement programs, S5226, S5232 [2AU]
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]
Dept. of Defense: funding, S5214 [2AU]
Employment: reduce the deficit and restore the middle class by creating jobs, S7598 [16NO]
Enact (S. 365): corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 70), S5223 [2AU]
———House amendment, S5201-S5223, S5225, S5226, S5228-S5233 [2AU]
Enact (S. 627), S4976, S4979, S4985 [28JY]
———House amendment, S5062 [29JY], S5089-S5144 [30JY], S5147-S5154 [31JY], S5156-S5162, S5164-S5178, S5183 [1AU]
———House amendment, unanimous-consent agreement, S5144 [30JY]
Federal aid programs: protect Medicare from budget cuts, S7608-S7610 [16NO]
Medicare: reform, S5209 [2AU]
Taxation: reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, S5100 [30JY]
Reports filed
Consideration of S. 365, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 384) (H. Rept. 112-190), H5882 [1AU]
Consideration of S. 627, Provisions: 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]
Statements
``Big Deal'' Is Foundation for ``Long-Term Austerity''—Why I Voted ``No'' on the Budget Deal: Representative Jackson, H5859 [1AU]
Provisions: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H5701 [28JY]
Statutory Public Debt Limit Increase: Several Constituents of Representative George Miller, E1441 [29JY]
Treat President Obama Like All Other Presidents!—Raise the Debt Ceiling Without Conditions: Representative Jackson, H5860 [1AU]
Tables
Summary of budget receipts, outlays, and surpluses or deficits as percentages of Gross Domestic Product—1930-2016: Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S5098 [30JY]
Texts of
H. Con Res. 70, correction in enrollment of S. 365, provisions, H5867 [1AU]
H. Res. 375, consideration of S. 627, provisions, H5678 [28JY]
H. Res. 383, consideration of S. 627, provisions, H5751 [29JY]
H.R. 2693, provisions, H5791-H5799 [30JY]