BUDGET—U.S.

Amendments

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), H611, H613 [8FE]

——— establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), consideration (H. Res. 540), H600 [8FE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), S6468 [19SE], S6501, S6502, S6557 [20SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), consideration (H. Res. 778), H5946 [13SE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8052, S8073, S8084, S8085 [17DE], S8117, S8126, S8128, S8130, S8141, S8142, S8143, S8144, S8147, S8149, S8150, S8151 [18DE], S8164, S8178, S8184, S8195, S8207, S8208, S8212, S8223, S8224 [19DE], S8305, S8306, S8307 [20DE], S8366, S8368, S8369, S8372 [21DE], S8429, S8430, S8431, S8432, S8433, S8434, S8442 [27DE], S8462, S8463, S8469, S8472, S8476, S8496, S8508 [28DE]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), consideration (H. Res. 534), H393 [2FE]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H404, H405, H406, H407, H408, H411, H412 [2FE]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), consideration (H. Res. 534), H393 [2FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: obtain an unqualified audit opinion and improve financial accountability and management (S. 1998), S7125 [28NO]

Economy: provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), consideration (H. Res. 841), H7381 [20DE]

Federal agencies and departments: intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (S. 1409), S5891, S5894, S5896 [1AU]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2648 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2581 [10MY]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), consideration (H. Res. 778), H5946 [13SE]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1572 [26MR], H1705, H1710, H1717, H1731 [28MR], H1763, H1776 [29MR]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), consideration (H. Res. 597), H1661 [28MR]

Government: increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), H542, H544, H545 [7FE]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 643), H2344 [8MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, D1 [3JA]

Articles and editorials

Brewing Up Confusion, E2024 [31DE]

Buffett Tax Divides Americans, but Solves Nothing, S2289 [16AP]

Dems Wait by Phone for Obama, S3390 [22MY]

Don’t Let Foreign Aid Fall Off the Fiscal Cliff, E1984 [21DE]

Executive Viewpont—Time To Bite the Bullet, H5056 [19JY]

Five Problems With Dynamic Scoring, H410 [2FE]

Food Stamps Helped Reduce Poverty Rate, Study Finds, H1900 [17AP]

GOP Budget Doesn’t Even Say the Word ‘‘Veteran’’, E425 [22MR]

Public Wants Compromise on Fiscal Cliff, but Specifics Unpopular, S8174 [19DE]

Raising Medicare Age Could Leave Hundreds of Thousands Uninsured, S7731 [11DE]

Ryan Has a Less-Painful Debt Plan, S2015 [26MR]

Ryan Plan Puts GOP in Long-Term Bind, H1655 [28MR]

Stimulus Spending Keeps Failing—If Austerity Is So Terrible, How Come Germany and Sweden Have Done So Well?, S3213 [16MY]

‘‘What’s the Real Defense Budget?’’, E109 [1FE]

Why Ryancare and Obamacare Looks So Similar, S2161 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see S. 2086), S494 [9FE]

——— establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), consideration (see H. Res. 540), H567 [7FE]

——— increase long-term fiscal accountability of direct spending legislation (see H.R. 6525), H6275 [21SE]

——— making continuing (see H.J. Res. 117), H5765 [10SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), consideration (see H. Res. 778), H5922 [12SE]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 3434), S5381 [25JY]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), consideration (see H. Res. 534), H373 [1FE]

——— require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress (see H.R. 3787), H77 [18JA]

Budget Control Act: ensure any deal on taxes and spending does not cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits, increases revenue, reduces defense spending, and promotes economic growth (see H. Res. 733), H5008 [18JY]

CBO: make all data and other information relating to the estimating of the cost of legislation available on its public website (see H.R. 6136), H4907 [17JY]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), consideration (see H. Res. 534), H373 [1FE]

——— require 20-year cost estimates for bills or joint resolutions (see H.R. 6347), H5706 [2AU]

——— require long-term cost benefit analyses of introduced bills (see H.R. 4320), H1804 [29MR]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 6482), H6273 [21SE]

Constitutional amendments: balance (see H.J. Res. 102), H726 [14FE] (see H.J. Res. 116), H5291 [25JY]

——— provide incentive for Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.R. 4265), H1641 [27MR]

Dept. of Defense: provide for auditable financial statements (see S. 3487), S5977 [2AU]

Dept. of HHS: exempt Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from sequestration (see H.R. 6692), H7424 [20DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: obtain an unqualified audit opinion and improve financial accountability and management (see H.R. 5941), H3699 [8JN]

Disasters: eliminate adjustment for disaster funding (see H.R. 4386), H1976 [18AP]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis by phasing in certain tax increases, work toward comprehensive tax reform, and call for OMB to make recommendations on spending cuts (see S. 3714), S8548 [30DE]

——— extend tax relief for all Americans and replace defense sequester with responsible spending reductions (see H.R. 6688), H7359 [19DE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (see H.R. 6684), H7359 [19DE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), consideration (see H. Res. 841), H7359 [19DE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 554), H900 [16FE]

Executive Office of the President: require the President to submit with the budget an estimate of the deficit using generally accepted accounting principles (see H.R. 6463), H6231 [20SE]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see H.R. 6729), H7565 [1JA]

——— intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (see H.R. 4053), H900 [16FE]

——— reduce discretionary budget authority if financial statement for the previous fiscal year does not receive an unqualified audit opinion by an external independent auditor (see H.R. 6528), H6275 [21SE]

——— reduce travel expensed for certain Federal employees (see H.R. 4472), H2039 [23AP]

Federal budget: allow taxpayers the opportunity to specify their choice of Federal budget priorities (see S. 2260), S2242 [29MR]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and extending the Federal employee pay freeze (see S. 2065), S323 [2FE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 5652), H2565 [9MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (see H. Res. 648), H2565 [9MY]

——— repeal sequestration (see H.R. 6535), H6276 [21SE]

——— repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with targeted reforms (see S. 3473), S5870 [1AU] (see H.R. 6389), H5999 [13SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 4966), H2266 [27AP] (see H.R. 6365), H5765 [10SE] (see H.R. 6716), H7469 [30DE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), consideration (see H. Res. 778), H5922 [12SE]

——— require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (see S. 3228), S3516 [23MY] (see H.R. 5872), H3362 [31MY]

——— setting forth for 2012–2022 (see S. Con. Res. 39), S2243 [29MR] (see S. Con. Res. 40), S2324 [16AP] (see S. Con. Res. 42), S2824 [26AP] (see H. Con. Res. 113), H1571 [26MR]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (see S. Con. Res. 37), S2243 [29MR] (see S. Con. Res. 41), S2393 [17AP] (see S. Con. Res. 44), S2968 [8MY] (see S. Con. Res. 52), S5212 [19JY] (see H. Con. Res. 112), H1570 [26MR]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), consideration (see H. Res. 597), H1641 [27MR]

——— subject the pay of the President, Vice-President, and Members of Congress to any sequestration order (see H.R. 6438), H6151 [19SE]

Federal Realignment and Closure Commission: establish (see H.R. 6315), H5705 [2AU]

Federal-State relations: allow States and localities to return unused Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 3994), H692 [9FE]

Government: cap Federal spending (see H.R. 4060), H901 [16FE]

——— increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending (see S. 3600), S6546 [20SE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), consideration (see H. Res. 539), H511 [6FE]

——— provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (see H.R. 3844), H218 [31JA]

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H2031 [19AP]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 643), H2316 [7MY]

Members of Congress: impose a daily reduction in rates of pay if Congress fails to agree to a concurrent budget resolution (see H.R. 4036), H801 [15FE]

——— include pay within coverage of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act provisions to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 6499), H6274 [21SE]

——— prohibit funding for salaries and expenses of offices and committees and hold salaries of Members in escrow if Congress does not adopt a budget resolution by a certain date (see H.R. 3799), H113 [23JA]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient (see H.R. 6474), H6231 [20SE]

National objectives: express that passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance (see H. Res. 516), H78 [18JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: eliminate requirement that the President submit a budget to the Congress each year (see H.R. 3883), H439 [2FE]

Public debt: allow increase of debt ceiling by Executive order (see S. 3664), S7686 [6DE]

——— constitutional amendment to require that an increase in the Federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the several States (see H.J. Res. 99), H26 [17JA]

——— cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and replace sequester with other budget cuts (see S. 3482), S5976 [2AU]

——— disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see S.J. Res. 34), S42 [23JA] (see H.J. Res. 98), H8 [13JA]

——— disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), consideration (see H. Res. 515), H25 [17JA]

——— establish a point of order to prohibit extension of the debt limit unless a concurrent budget resolution has been agreed to and is in effect (see S. 2040), S132 [26JA] (see H.R. 3778), H77 [18JA]

——— prohibit extension of debt limit unless a budget resolution has been agreed to and is in effect, spending is cut and capped, and a balanced budget amendment has been sent for ratification (see H.R. 4825), H2203 [26AP]

——— provide authority to increase the debt ceiling when an Act of Congress provides budget authority or reduces revenues (see H.R. 6643), H6679 [7DE]

——— retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (see H. Res. 826), H6675 [5DE]

Public lands: suspend net Federal land acquisitions by the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior unless the Federal budget is balanced in the year of purchase (see H.R. 4193), H1304 [8MR]

Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see S. Res. 427), S2546 [19AP]

SSA: require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress (see H.R. 4082), H943 [17FE]

Taxation: extend the payroll tax holiday and provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employees (see S. 3660), S7458 [5DE]

——— prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction (see S. 3257), S3688 [4JN] (see H.R. 5912), H3660 [7JN]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see S. 2059), S261 [1FE] (see S. 2230), S2001 [22MR] (see H.R. 3903), H511 [6FE]

Veterans: exempt health care programs from sequestration (see S. 2128), S909 [17FE] (see H.R. 3895), H475 [3FE]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), S6501 [20SE], S6603 [21SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), motion to proceed, S6405 [19SE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8195 [19DE], S8340 [21DE]

Taxation: reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (S. 2230), motion to proceed, S2223 [29MR], S2313 [16AP]

Conference reports

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630), H834–H880 [16FE]

Excerpts

Budget Control Act (S. 365): Senate budget enforcement, S6095 [11SE]

Factsheets

Medicare Age Eligibility Requirements Increase Impact: Kaiser Family Foundation and CBO, S7728 [11DE]

Letters

Avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending: several business organizations, S7132 [29NO]

Budget and Accounting Transparency Act: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum (organization), H537 [7FE]

——— Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, H535 [7FE]

Budget cuts impact on young children: several Representatives-elect, E1904 [11DE]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: several Senators, S6524 [20SE]

Committee of the Budget (Senate) revision of aggregates and allocations of spending authority: Senator Sessions, S3405 [22MY]

DHS Audit Requirement Target (DART) Act: Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H6732 [12DE]

——— Representative Peter T. King, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H6732 [12DE]

Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act: Kerry D. Bolognese, George Mason University, H2095 [25AP]

——— several organizations, H2093, H2094 [25AP]

NOAA storm warning systems funding: Representative Hall, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H2356 [8MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and Dept. of HHS Social Services Block Grant Program funding: Marty Ford, The ARC of the U.S. (organization), H2617 [10MY]

Replace sequester established by the Budget Control Act: several Democratic Representatives, H7534 [1JA]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, H2621 [10MY]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), E825, E826 [17MY]

——— Stephen E. Blaire, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, H2580, H2613 [10MY]

Statutory public debt limit increase: Robert Boudiette, Jr., S92 [26JA]

Lists

CBO staff, H1789 [29MR]

Fifteen earmarks from Sean Hannity’s list of most egregious earmarks, S294 [2FE]

Representative Paul Ryan’s personal office staff, H1789 [29MR]

Memorandums

Use of Evidence and Evaluation in the 2014 Budget: Jeffrey D. Zients, OMB, E1270 [18JY]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2013: President Obama, S564–S567 [13FE], H702–H705 [14FE]

Economic Report: President Obama, S906 [17FE]

Statutory Debt Limit: President Obama, S37 [23JA], H7 [13JA]

Motions

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), S6405 [19SE], S6502 [20SE], H5969 [13SE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8016 [13DE], S8195 [19DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8464, S8482 [28DE]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), H456 [3FE]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H417 [2FE]

Economy: provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7410 [20DE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H92 [23JA], H137 [24JA], H200 [31JA], H356 [1FE], H549 [7FE], H615 [8FE]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2630 [10MY]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), H5967 [13SE]

Government: increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), H547 [7FE]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), S83 [26JA]

Taxation: reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (S. 2230), S2055 [27MR]

Preambles 

Moment of Truth—Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, H1727 [28MR]

Press releases

NGA Opposes DATA Act Legislation: National Governors Association, H2094 [25AP]

President’s Budget Presents Dangerous, Costly Setback to Obesity Epidemic, Campaign Warns: Campaign To End Obesity Action Fund (organization), S841 [16FE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: analysis of levels of unobligated funding relative to request for additional funding, H71 [18JA]

——— establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), H602–H615 [8FE], H663 [9FE]

——— establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), consideration (H. Res. 540), H593–H602 [8FE]

——— establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), corrections in engrossment, H615 [8FE]

——— legislative process, H2637 [10MY], H3390, H3393 [1JN], H5945, H5953 [13SE], H6047 [14SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), H5949–H5956, H5969 [13SE], H6047 [14SE], E1522 [13SE], E1537, E1538 [14SE], E1575 [20SE], E1710 [19OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), consideration (H. Res. 778), H5939–H5948 [13SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), motion to recommit, H5970 [13SE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H5945 [13SE], H7478 [31DE], H7567–H7578 [2JA]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), H402, H419–H426, H429 [2FE], H456–H458, H465–H468 [3FE], E135 [3FE], E175 [9FE]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), consideration (H. Res. 534), H387–H395 [2FE]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), motion to recommit, H456, H457 [3FE]

——— require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress, H412, H413 [2FE]

Armed Forces: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, H1736 [28MR]

——— require force reduction proposals at military installations be submitted as part of the President’s budget request and include an evaluation of consequences of such closures or realignments, H3141 [18MY], H6593 [4DE]

Budget Control Act: ensure any deal on taxes and spending does not cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits, increases revenue, reduces defense spending, and promotes economic growth (H. Res. 733), H5981–H5985 [13SE]

——— ensure any deal on taxes and spending does not cut Social Security benefits, H6473 [28NO], H6835, H6837 [18DE]

CBO: establish website which features a calculator to allow taxpayers to enter their annual income and receive an estimate of projected contribution to or receipt from major legislation, H411 [2FE]

——— include in macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation estimates of potential impact on SBA HUBZone areas, H408–H410 [2FE]

——— include income equality among economic variables to be estimated in macroeconomic impact analysis, H407, H408 [2FE]

——— include interest rates among economic variables to be estimated in macroeconomic impact analysis, H407 [2FE]

——— lower budgetary impact threshold to require a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, H411, H412 [2FE]

——— make all data and other information relating to the estimating of the cost of legislation available on its public website (H.R. 6136), H5019 [19JY]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H396–H419, H428 [2FE], E135 [3FE], E175 [9FE]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), consideration (H. Res. 534), H387–H395 [2FE]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), motion to recommit, H417 [2FE]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation on Social Security and Medicare benefits and trust funds, H417 [2FE]

Children and youth: impact of impending budget cuts, E1904 [11DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H6112 [19SE]

——— eliminate CBO as sole scorer of congressional legislation and create new, competitive scoring system, H6619 [4DE]

——— establish biennial cycle, H466 [3FE]

——— establish biennial cycle (H.R. 3577), H605 [8FE]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1559–H1563 [26MR]

Constitutional amendments: balance, H470 [3FE], H712, H715 [14FE]

Corps of Engineers: exempt from legislative line-item veto, H613, H614 [8FE]

Credit: application of fair-market value accounting method to certain Federal credit and loan guarantee programs, H534–H541 [7FE]

Deficit, H69, H70 [18JA], H86 [23JA], H229 [1FE], H585, H589 [8FE], H711–H713, H723 [14FE], H935 [17FE], H1030 [29FE], H1119 [1MR], H1295 [8MR], H1500 [22MR], H1639 [27MR], H1668, H1680, H1692 [28MR], H2002 [19AP], H2057 [24AP], H2110, H2112 [25AP], H2198–H2200 [26AP], H2614 [10MY], H2703 [15MY], H2723 [16MY], H2818 [17MY], H3654–H3657 [7JN], H4025 [26JN], H4098, H4104 [27JN], H4780 [11JY], H5546, H5593 [1AU], H5634 [2AU], H5754 [10SE], H6046 [14SE], H6236, H6258 [21SE], H6572–H6574 [30NO], H6783, H6786 [13DE], H7438 [30DE], E23 [17JA], E41 [18JA], E47 [19JA], E55 [23JA], E68 [24JA], E77 [25JA], E93 [31JA], E108, E111 [1FE], E125 [2FE], E138 [3FE], E144 [6FE], E154 [7FE], E164 [8FE], E177 [9FE], E187 [14FE], E195 [15FE], E218 [16FE], E234 [17FE], E246 [27FE], E271 [28FE], E283 [29FE], E303 [1MR], E311 [5MR], E323 [6MR], E330 [7MR], E355 [8MR], E379 [19MR], E392 [20MR], E409 [21MR], E435 [22MR], E440 [26MR], E455 [27MR], E471 [28MR], E507 [29MR], E527 [16AP], E549 [17AP], E573 [18AP], E601 [19AP], E646 [25AP], E670 [26AP], E701 [27AP], E712 [7MY], E730 [8MY], E776 [10MY], E794 [15MY], E906 [30MY], E976 [5JN], E998 [6JN], E1017 [7JN], E1054 [18JN], E1078 [19JN], E1094 [20JN], E1125 [21JN], E1140 [26JN], E1157 [27JN], E1172 [28JN], E1198 [29JN], E1204 [9JY], E1220 [10JY], E1231 [11JY], E1244 [12JY], E1262 [17JY], E1277 [18JY], E1288 [19JY], E1311 [24JY], E1324 [25JY], E1347 [26JY], E1433 [3AU], E1472 [11SE], E1566 [19SE], E1595, E1647 [21SE], E1743 [13NO], E1755 [14NO], E1771 [15NO], E1829 [28NO], E1853, E1859 [30NO], E1862 [3DE], E1873 [4DE], E1898 [11DE], E1916 [12DE], E1971 [19DE], E2024 [31DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H427–H430 [2FE], H522 [7FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1657 [28MR], H1849, H1869, H1898–H1905 [17AP], H2606, H2623–H2625 [10MY], H6488–H6491 [28NO], E551 [17AP], E584 [19AP], E612 [23AP]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, H2605 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: freeze funding at current levels, H5054–H5057 [19JY]

——— freeze funding at current levels unless financial statements are ready for audit by a certain date, H4991, H4992 [18JY]

——— funding, H1677, H1678, H1736 [28MR], H2573–H2576, H2609, H2610 [10MY], E167 [9FE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H4608 [29JN], H4829 [12JY], H4871 [17JY], H4916, H4921, H4923–H4925, H4937 [18JY], H5063 [19JY], H5117 [23JY], H5192 [24JY], H5208, H5210, H5211, H5212 [25JY], H5337, H5518–H5522 [31JY], H5537 [1AU], H5633, H5695 [2AU], H5959, H5961 [13SE], H6073, H6074 [19SE], H6161 [20SE], H6329 [13NO], H7277 [19DE], H7556 [1JA]

——— overseas contingency operations account funding under sequestration, H3586 [7JN]

——— reduce amounts appropriated for printing and reproduction (H.R. 1246), H2704 [15MY]

——— reduce funding to 2008 levels, H5030 [19JY]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs, E485 [29MR]

Dept. of Energy: impact of budget sequestration on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, H6768 [13DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: obtain an unqualified audit opinion and improve financial accountability and management (S. 1998), H6731–H6733 [12DE]

Ecology and environment: impact of budget sequestration, H6713 [12DE], H6767 [13DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration on Chesapeake Bay, H6713 [12DE], E1914 [12DE]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6348, H6349, H6350 [14NO], H6372, H6373, H6374, H6375, H6376, H6378, H6379, H6380 [15NO], H6420 [16NO], H6432 [27NO], H6472, H6473, H6474 [28NO], H6508, H6516, H6525, H6528–H6534 [29NO], H6537, H6538, H6562–H6576 [30NO], H6580 [3DE], H6589, H6591, H6592, H6593, H6595, H6609–H6614, H6620 [4DE], H6626, H6659–H6661, H6662 [5DE], H6681, H6682, H6683, H6684, H6685, H6693–H6698 [11DE], H6705, H6708, H6711, H6712, H6713, H6714–H6723, H6751–H6756 [12DE], H6783–H6787, H6794–H6799 [13DE], H6831, H6836, H6837, H6838, H6863–H6869 [18DE], H7267, H7269, H7279, H7280, H7357 [19DE], H7362, H7363, H7420 [20DE], H7433 [27DE], H7437, H7438 [30DE], H7471, H7472, H7473, H7474, H7476, H7477, H7478 [31DE], H7518, H7519, H7520, H7531–H7536, H7551–H7559, H7560 [1JA], H7571, H7575 [2JA], E1874 [4DE], E1970 [19DE], E1983 [21DE], E2007 [30DE], E2034 [2JA]

——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H460, H461, H470 [3FE], H711 [14FE], H978 [28FE]

——— 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), H34 [18JA]

——— disclose impacts of cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program and eliminate subsidies for large oil companies, H7410, H7411 [20DE], E1992 [21DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H6456 [27NO], H6706 [12DE], H6794, H6797 [13DE]

——— impact of entitlement programs, H1638 [27MR], H1670 [28MR], H1799–H1802 [29MR]

——— impact of switch to chained consumer price index as means to measure cost-of-living, H7362 [20DE]

——— importance of job creation, H1668, H1735 [28MR], H1924 [18AP], H4691 [10JY]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7362, H7363, H7364, H7395–H7412 [20DE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), consideration (H. Res. 841), H7366, H7374–H7383 [20DE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), motion to recommit, H7410, H7411 [20DE], E1992 [21DE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H42, H44, H45, H67 [18JA], H92 [23JA], H122 [24JA], H200 [31JA], H228 [1FE], H385, H386 [2FE], H444, H460 [3FE], H478 [6FE], H524–H529 [7FE], H585 [8FE], H643, H644 [9FE], H709–H711 [14FE], H738 [15FE], E159 [8FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), conference report, H906, H911–H927, H929, H934 [17FE], H2783 [16MY], E237–E239 [24FE], E261, E265–E267, E272 [28FE], E278 [29FE], E320 [6MR]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 554), H907–H911 [17FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H137–H143 [24JA], H356–H361 [1FE], H549 [7FE], H615–H623 [8FE], H659–H661 [9FE]

——— 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), E122 [2FE]

——— reform entitlement programs, H806 [16FE], H6432 [27NO], H6565 [30NO], H6580 [3DE], H6666 [5DE], H6693–H6698 [11DE], H7556 [1JA]

EEOC: funding, H2408, H2409 [8MY]

Federal agencies and departments: intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending, H4781 [11JY]

——— intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (H.R. 4053), H6768–H6771 [13DE]

Federal aid programs: ensure that any changes to accounting standards for Federal loan programs do not adversely affect veterans and students, H547 [7FE]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, H39, H47, H48 [18JA], H120, H128, H129, H130 [24JA], H516 [7FE], H591 [8FE], H700, H702, H712, H715–H723 [14FE], H737, H738, H739 [15FE], H806, H816, H817, H818, H895 [16FE], H939–H942 [17FE], H1295 [8MR], H1530–H1533, H1535 [22MR], H1559–H1563 [26MR], H2012 [19AP], H2061 [24AP], H2572 [10MY], H3157–H3160 [18MY], H3278 [31MY], H5691, H5695 [2AU], H6051–H6054 [14SE], H6572–H6574 [30NO]

——— comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H5757 [10SE]

——— 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 (H.R. 3662), H162 [25JA], H4871 [17JY]

——— provide for conditional replacement of fiscal year 2013 sequester established by the Budget Control Act, H3072, H3073 [17MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2455 [9MY], H2583–H2633 [10MY], H2702–H2705 [15MY], H2783 [16MY], H3135 [18MY], H3392 [1JN], H3586 [7JN], H4922–H4925 [18JY], H5295 [26JY], H5521 [31JY], H5958 [13SE], H6575 [30NO], H6751 [12DE], E755 [9MY], E802 [15MY], E823 [16MY], E825 [17MY], E908 [30MY], E2018 [31DE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2573–H2583 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), motion to recommit, H2631 [10MY]

——— repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with targeted reforms, H5753 [10SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act by eliminating certain taxpayer subsidies, H4921–H4925 [18JY]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), H5956–H5969 [13SE], H6575 [30NO], E1522 [13SE], E1541 [14SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), consideration (H. Res. 778), H5939–H5948 [13SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), motion to recommit, H5967, H5968 [13SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act with a deficit-reducing increase in tax revenue, H5967, H5968 [13SE]

——— require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5872), H4855 [12JY], H4918, H4920–H4926 [18JY], H5024 [19JY], H5208 [25JY], H5959 [13SE], H6160 [20SE]

——— sequestration, H5758 [10SE], H5926 [13SE], H6235 [21SE]

——— setting forth for 2012–2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H811 [16FE]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022, H1441 [21MR], H1500, H1519, H1520, H1521 [22MR]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1578, H1583, H1584, H1585, H1629, H1638 [27MR], H1644, H1648, H1649, H1651, H1652, H1665–H1738 [28MR], H1743, H1744, H1762–H1795, H1798–H1802 [29MR], H1849, H1857, H1858, H1859, H1860–H1872, H1898–H1905 [17AP], H1922, H1923, H1924 [18AP], H2011 [19AP], H2332, H2333, H2335, H2336, H2338–H2340, H2343 [8MY], H2459 [9MY], H2621 [10MY], H5929, H5982–H5986 [13SE], H6565 [30NO], H6667 [5DE], H6751, H6753 [12DE], E485, E492, E496, E502 [29MR], E514, E515, E516, E518 [30MR], E543 [17AP], E570 [18AP]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), consideration (H. Res. 597), H1654–H1663 [28MR]

Federal employees: tribute, E489 [29MR]

FEMA: allow construction and improvement of structures used for agricultural production in floodplains under the National Flood Insurance Program, H2578 [10MY]

Foreign aid: funding, E1983 [21DE]

Gingrich, Newt: campaign for nomination to be Republican Party Presidential candidate and implementation of Republican Party national agenda, H121 [24JA]

Government: effect of a Government shutdown on Social Security payments, H6393 [15NO]

——— establish a commission of budgeting and accounting experts to provide recommendations to Congress regarding the best measure to accurately account for the costs of Federal credit programs, H545, H546 [7FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), H534–H549 [7FE], H644 [9FE], E164 [8FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), consideration (H. Res. 539), H523–H529 [7FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), motion to recommit, H547 [7FE]

——— provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (H.R. 3844), H383 [2FE], E119 [2FE]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (H.R. 2146), H2082–H2095 [25AP]

GSA: allegations of misspent funds at a Las Vegas, NV, conference, H2013 [19AP]

Health: health care programs funding, H1715 [28MR]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H7578 [2JA]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H. Con. Res. 112, Federal budget for 2013–2022, H1789 [29MR]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H2011 [19AP]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 643), H2337–H2346 [8MY]

Medicaid: funding, H1669, H1670, H1694 [28MR]

——— reform, H6610 [4DE]

Medicare: home health care providers and caregivers funding, E1487 [12SE]

——— reform, H48, H67 [18JA], H433, H436 [2FE], H700, H701, H702 [14FE], H788–H796 [15FE], H1384–H1388 [19MR], H1441, H1461 [21MR], H1583, H1585 [27MR], H1650, H1651, H1656–H1658, H1667, H1669–H1689, H1693 [28MR], H1771–H1773, H1784–H1788 [29MR], H1863–H1870 [17AP], H1922 [18AP], H3798, H3803 [19JN], H4743, H4744 [10JY], H4799, H4811 [11JY], H5867, H5913–H5917 [12SE], H5933, H5934, H5986 [13SE], H6531–H6534 [29NO], H6565–H6568 [30NO], H6609–H6613, H6614 [4DE], H6693–H6698 [11DE], H6714 [12DE], H6784, H6785 [13DE], H6864, H6865 [18DE], H7408 [20DE], E502 [29MR], E612 [23AP], E769 [10MY]

Members of Congress: 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 (H.R. 3643), H905 [17FE], H3108 [18MY]

National Guard: Air National Guard funding, H2577 [10MY]

National objectives: economic recovery, H129, H130, H131 [24JA], H229, H230 [1FE], H470–H473 [3FE], H739 [15FE], H6048–H6051 [14SE], H6236 [21SE]

——— express that passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance, H3148 [18MY], H4078 [27JN]

——— express that passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance (H. Res. 516), H143–H149 [24JA]

——— priority assignments, H6362–H6367 [14NO]

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (H. Res. 19), H1736 [28MR]

——— cybersecurity funding, H1715 [28MR]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H3399–H3402 [1JN], H3918 [21JN], H5985–H5988 [13SE], H6265–H6271 [21SE]

——— evaluation of economic policies, H39, H70–H73 [18JA], H121 [24JA], H390 [2FE], H445, H470 [3FE], H4677 [9JY], H4917 [18JY], H5755, H5758, H5760 [10SE], H5852 [11SE], H6074 [19SE], H6619–H6621 [4DE], H6799–H6802 [13DE], E1030 [8JN]

——— evaluation of policies relative to taxation and tax code, H2254–H2256 [27AP]

——— State of the Union Message, H162 [25JA]

OMB: require all budgets submitted to the President be prepared using both accrual-based and cash-based accounting standards, H544, H545 [7FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: CBO cost estimate, H1438 [21MR]

——— impact on budget deficit, H4717, H4742 [10JY]

——— require health care exchange subsidy overpayments be repaid in full, H2613 [10MY]

Presidents of the U.S.: eliminate requirement that the President submit a budget to the Congress each year (H.R. 3883), H399 [2FE], H590 [8FE]

Public debt: ceiling, H5932 [13SE], H6786 [13DE]

——— disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), H37, H45, H54–H69 [18JA], E47, E48 [19JA], E69 [25JA]

——— disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), consideration (H. Res. 515), H46–H53 [18JA]

——— increase statutory limit, H1578 [27MR], H2826 [17MY], H5752 [10SE]

——— require the wealthy to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts, H6613 [4DE]

Renewable energy: impact of budget sequestration, H6714 [12DE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H33, H42 [18JA], H121 [24JA], H516 [7FE], H590 [8FE], H3692, H3693 [8JN], H4692 [10JY], H5686, H5687, H5688 [2AU], H5752–H5754 [10SE], H6258–H6265 [21SE], E15 [13JA]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H660 [9FE], H709 [14FE], H6528–H6534 [29NO], H6538, H6565–H6568 [30NO], H6613 [4DE]

——— maintain Medicare and Social Security funding, H2146 [26AP], H3489 [6JN]

——— reform budget treatment of Social Security disability trust fund, H3488 [6JN]

Status: report, H1975 [18AP], H3097 [17MY], H3165 [22MY], H3575 [6JN], H3658 [7JN], H4772 [10JY], H5626 [1AU]

Taxation: history and development of U.S. tax system, H2253 [27AP]

——— impact of rate increase on small businesses, H6783 [13DE]

——— prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction (H.R. 5912), H6113–H6115 [19SE], E1616 [21SE]

——— rates, H1735 [28MR], H2620 [10MY], H6783–H6785, H6799–H6802 [13DE]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers, H816 [16FE], H1911 [17AP], H1968 [18AP], H6800 [13DE]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (H.R. 3903), H522 [7FE], H1985 [19AP]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (S. 2230), H1853, H1854, H1857 [17AP], H2015–H2017 [19AP]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers, repealing fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, and terminating certain direct payments to farmers, H5958, H5960, H5962 [13SE]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, H6571 [30NO]

Transportation: infrastructure funding, H1715 [28MR]

Women: impact of budget sequestration on maternal and child health programs and resesarch, H6486–H6491 [28NO]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: establish a biennial appropriations process with the exception of defense spending and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (S. 1274), S56 [24JA], S6771 [14NO]

——— establish executive line-item veto, S3275 [17MY]

——— legislative process, S1041–S1046 [27FE], S1063, S1064 [28FE], S5052 [17JY], S5100, S5112–S5114 [18JY], S5271–S5275, S5299 [24JY], S5424 [26JY], S5648, S5653 [30JY], S5726 [31JY], S6318, S6321 [13SE], S6396, S6416 [19SE]

——— making continuing, S5963 [2AU]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), S6321, S6322 [13SE], S6393 [19SE], S6501–S6504, S6524 [20SE], S6595, S6596, S6603 [21SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), motion to proceed, S6405, S6416, S6417 [19SE], S6492, S6495, S6496, S6499 [20SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), unanimous-consent request, S6418 [19SE], S6507 [20SE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8050–S8060, S8062 [17DE], S8112, S8116–S8118, S8124–S8131, S8133–S8135 [18DE], S8161, S8163, S8164, S8177, S8178, S8184–S8197 [19DE], S8236, S8243–S8245, S8261 [20DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8425–S8427, S8429–S8445 [27DE], S8462–S8474, S8476–S8497, S8519 [28DE], S8544 [30DE], S8639, S8640 [2JA]

——— 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, S8340 [21DE], S8445 [27DE]

——— revised aggregates and allocations of spending authority to Committee on the Budget (House), S3405 [22MY], S5053 [17JY]

Balance, S29 [23JA]

CBO: scoring method on savings achieved by refund of postal surplus contributions into the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS), S2564–S2566 [23AP]

Committees of the Senate: committee allocations and budget aggregates, S1832–S1834 [20MR], S4766 [29JN], S8135 [18DE]

Congress: prohibit earmarks, S197–S199 [31JA], S244 [1FE], S291–S295, S302–S304 [2FE], S671 [15FE]

Constitutional amendments: balance, S3193 [16MY], S8449 [27DE]

——— balance (S.J. Res. 24), S3275 [17MY]

Deficit, S65 [24JA], S368 [7FE], S546–S549, S551–S554 [13FE], S589, S591–S593, S600–S603 [14FE], S682–S685 [15FE], S810, S822, S824, S830 [16FE], S882 [17FE], S1659 [14MR], S2562 [23AP], S2679 [25AP], S2747–S2750 [26AP], S3113–S3116 [14MY], S3143 [15MY], S3204, S3217, S3218, S3219, S3222 [16MY], S3745, S3756–S3758, S3800 [6JN], S3945 [12JN], S4134 [13JN], S4191, S4193 [14JN], S4623 [26JN], S4655, S4660 [27JN], S4931 [12JY], S5067 [17JY], S5124 [18JY], S5448 [26JY], S6030 [10SE], S6083–S6085 [11SE], S6308 [13SE], S6400, S6409 [19SE], S6478 [20SE], S7133 [29NO], S7665 [6DE], S7731 [11DE], S7993, S8026, S8029–S8031 [13DE], S8641 [2JA]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S14 [23JA], S51 [24JA], S3812–S3816 [7JN], S6023, S6025 [10SE]

Dept. of Defense: economic impact of the budget sequester established by the Budget Control Act upon the defense industry, S3757 [6JN]

——— funding, S3219 [16MY], S5125 [18JY]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S4745–S4748 [29JN], S5115–S5123, S5126, S5129 [18JY], S5171–S5175 [19JY], S5807 [1AU], S6294–S6296, S6321, S6322 [13SE], S6412 [19SE], S6480 [20SE], S6995, S7001 [28NO], S7654 [6DE]

——— provide for auditable financial statements, S6785–S6787 [14NO]

——— report to Congress on impact of budget sequestration, S3937–S3939 [12JN], S5119 [18JY]

Dept. of Energy: National Nuclear Security Administration nuclear modernization program funding, S814, S815 [16FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: obtain an unqualified audit opinion and improve financial accountability and management (S. 1998), S7125 [28NO]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis by phasing in certain tax increases, work toward comprehensive tax reform, and call for OMB to make recommendations on spending cuts (S. 3714), S8548 [30DE]

——— avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, S6715–S6718 [13NO], S6769, S6771, S6773 [14NO], S6829, S6831, S6837–S6841 [15NO], S6878, S6884 [26NO], S6909–S6911, S6919–S6922, S6936 [27NO], S6986–S6991, S6993, S6994, S7008, S7012, S7016 [28NO], S7128–S7134, S7165–S7167 [29NO], S7311 [3DE], S7363, S7379–S7381, S7395 [4DE], S7406–S7411, S7415–S7420, S7426, S7435–S7437 [5DE], S7643–S7645, S7652, S7654–S7656, S7665, S7667–S7669, S7672–S7675, S7677, S7678, S7680 [6DE], S7692, S7695 [10DE], S7712, S7714, S7727–S7732, S7737, S7740 [11DE], S7753, S7754, S7757, S7760, S7770–S7772, S7779–S7782, S7784, S7792 [12DE], S7991–S7994, S7996, S8005, S8014, S8015, S8019, S8025, S8026, S8029–S8031 [13DE], S8157, S8171–S8175, S8177 [19DE], S8236, S8241, S8245–S8248 [20DE], S8323–S8325, S8345 [21DE], S8383, S8384, S8418, S8419 [27DE], S8474, S8478–S8480 [28DE], S8521–S8523, S8527–S8530, S8542–S8544 [30DE], S8557–S8572, S8575, S8576, S8578–S8580, S8583–S8586 [31DE], S8611–S8618, S8620, S8622 [1JA], S8641–S8644, S8661–S8663 [2JA]

——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S4111 [13JN], S5448 [26JY]

——— impact of entitlement programs, S3114 [14MY], S3144 [15MY], S3191, S3193, S3219 [16MY]

——— impact of switch to chained consumer price index as means to measure cost-of-living, S7731 [11DE], S8171–S8175 [19DE], S8247 [20DE]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), S8324 [21DE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S329 [6FE], S362, S368 [7FE], S587 [14FE], S668, S676 [15FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), conference report, S830–S836, S838–S842 [16FE], S880, S882, S888–S892, S893, S894 [17FE]

——— reform entitlement programs, S590, S591 [14FE], S685 [15FE], S4659 [27JN], S5124 [18JY], S6771 [14NO], S7133 [29NO], S7321–S7323 [3DE], S7421 [5DE], S7665 [6DE], S7760 [12DE], S8241 [20DE], S8614 [1JA]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs, S3144 [15MY]

——— consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government trade programs, S5904–S5907 [2AU]

——— intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (H.R. 4053), S8308 [20DE], S8357 [21DE]

——— intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (S. 1409), S5894, S5896 [1AU]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, S31–S33 [23JA], S57–S59, S60, S63–S66 [24JA], S546–S554 [13FE], S586–S593, S599–S603 [14FE], S663, S664, S682–S685 [15FE], S810, S814, S822, S824–S826 [16FE], S882 [17FE], S1641 [14MR], S1835, S1836 [20MR], S2121 [28MR], S2530–S2532 [19AP], S2747–S2750 [26AP], S3113–S3116 [14MY], S3143–S3146 [15MY], S3222 [16MY], S4623 [26JN], S5067 [17JY], S5100 [18JY], S5173, S5174 [19JY], S6030–S6032 [10SE], S6321 [13SE], S6478, S6481, S6485–S6488, S6515 [20SE], S6586–S6590, S6593–S6595 [21SE], S7714 [11DE]

——— clarify procedures of sequester established by the Budget Control Act, S5923 [2AU]

——— comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, S6093–S6095 [11SE]

——— impact of sequestration, S8566 [31DE]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and extending the Federal employee pay freeze (S. 2065), S323 [2FE], S3758 [6JN], S3938 [12JN]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), S2989–S2991 [9MY], S3110, S3133 [14MY], S3137 [15MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), unanimous-consent request, S3615 [24MY]

——— repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with targeted reforms (S. 3473), S5881 [1AU]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act, S3671 [4JN], S3756–S3758 [6JN]

——— require detailed reports to Congress on impact of defense and non-defense budget sequestration, S4386–S4388 [21JN]

——— require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5872), S5117, S5119 [18JY], S5173, S5174, S5238 [19JY], S5264 [23JY], S5413 [25JY], S6293, S6296 [13SE], S6412 [19SE]

——— require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (S. 3228), S3740 [6JN]

——— sequestration, S6242, S6243 [12SE], S6479 [20SE]

——— setting forth for 2012–2022 (S. Con. Res. 42), motion to proceed, S3154 [15MY], S3182–S3222 [16MY], S3246, S3275 [17MY]

——— setting forth for 2012–2022 (S. Con. Res. 42), unanimous-consent agreement, S3154 [15MY]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022, S2522–S2526 [19AP]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), S2015 [26MR], S2231 [29MR], S6031, S6039–S6042, S6044–S6046 [10SE], S6087–S6091, S6095 [11SE], S6250 [12SE], S6295–S6300, S6309–S6312, S6323–S6325 [13SE], S6409–S6411, S6414 [19SE], S6485–S6488 [20SE]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), motion to proceed, S3154 [15MY], S3182–S3221 [16MY], S3246, S3275 [17MY]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), unanimous-consent agreement, S3154 [15MY]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 37), motion to proceed, S3154 [15MY], S3182–S3221 [16MY], S3246, S3275 [17MY]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 37), unanimous-consent agreement, S3154 [15MY]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 41), motion to proceed, S3143, S3144, S3154 [15MY], S3182–S3220 [16MY], S3246, S3275 [17MY]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 41), unanimous-consent agreement, S3154 [15MY]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 44), motion to proceed, S3154 [15MY], S3182–S3222 [16MY], S3246, S3275 [17MY]

——— setting forth for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 44), unanimous-consent agreement, S3154 [15MY]

Government: establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (S. 211), S3143 [15MY]

——— increase transparency, S881 [17FE], S1706 [15MR]

——— provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (S. 1651), S6257 [12SE], S6317 [13SE]

Highway Trust Fund: reduce discretionary spending limits to offset Highway Trust Fund spending, S1517, S1518, S1530, S1531 [8MR], S1604, S1605 [13MR]

Medicaid: funding, S2896–S2898, S2904 [7MY], S2940 [8MY], S3192 [16MY]

Medicare: reform, S2231 [29MR], S3190, S3192, S3196 [16MY], S6032, S6046 [10SE], S6297, S6324 [13SE], S7321–S7323 [3DE], S7667 [6DE], S7728, S7730–S7732 [11DE], S7758, S7779 [12DE], S8031 [13DE]

Members of Congress: 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 (S. 1981), S592 [14FE], S3145 [15MY]

——— 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 (S. 1981), unanimous-consent request, S3154 [15MY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S57–S59, S62 [24JA], S332 [6FE], S368 [7FE], S2804 [26AP], S3110–S3113 [14MY], S4649, S4653–S4658 [27JN], S4870–S4872 [11JY], S5107 [18JY], S5652–S5654 [30JY], S5806, S5826–S5828 [1AU], S6029–S6032 [10SE], S6243 [12SE], S6480, S6492, S6505–S6507, S6510 [20SE], S6878 [26NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S402 [9FE], S880–S882 [17FE], S2298 [16AP], S2614, S2616 [24AP], S2991 [9MY], S3052 [10MY], S3460 [23MY], S4314 [20JN], S4986–S4988 [16JY], S5052–S5054, S5074, S5076–S5081 [17JY]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S52, S53, S56, S61 [24JA], S140 [30JA], S177, S180 [31JA], S550 [13FE], S1567 [12MR], S2560 [23AP], S3298–S3300 [21MY], S3390, S3392 [22MY], S3671 [4JN], S3746 [6JN], S4110–S4114 [13JN], S4189–S4192 [14JN], S4224 [18JN], S4784–S4786 [9JY], S4922 [12JY], S6308 [13SE], S6411–S6413 [19SE], S6476–S6482, S6509 [20SE], S6592–S6595 [21SE], S8567 [31DE]

——— evaluation of tax policies, S3408 [22MY], S4998 [16JY], S5938–S5940 [2AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: CBO cost estimate, S1769–S1773 [19MR]

——— implementation funding, S3460 [23MY]

Public debt: allow increase of debt ceiling by Executive order, S7435 [5DE], S7644, S7645 [6DE], S7714 [11DE]

——— allow increase of debt ceiling by Executive order (S. 3664), S7663, S7664, S7668, S7670, S7688 [6DE], S7692 [10DE]

——— allow increase of debt ceiling by Executive order (S. 3664), unanimous-consent request, S7664 [6DE]

——— cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, S2990 [9MY], S3154 [15MY], S5053 [17JY], S7286 [30NO]

——— disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), motion to proceed, S83–S87, S89–S95 [26JA]

——— disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), unanimous-consent agreement, S77 [24JA]

——— increase statutory debt limit, S4623 [26JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, S233 [1FE], S3812–S3816 [7JN], S6039–S6044 [10SE]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S1435 [7MR]

——— legislative priorities, S1607 [13MR], S1642 [14MR], S2747 [26AP], S3052 [10MY], S7652 [6DE]

——— legislative process, S6330–S6332 [13SE], S6419–S6421 [19SE]

Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs, S189, S191 [31JA], S307 [2FE], S1512, S1513, S1518, S1528 [8MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S6522–S6524 [20SE], S6986–S6989, S7016 [28NO]

——— maintain Medicare and Social Security funding, S6486–S6488 [20SE]

Sports: violation of Budget Control Act by legislation to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting, S6885–S6891 [26NO]

Taxation: extend the payroll tax holiday and provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employees (S. 3660), S7418, S7419 [5DE]

——— impact of rate increase on small businesses, S7782 [12DE]

——— prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction, S4264 [19JN], S4385 [21JN]

——— prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction (S. 3257), S3688 [4JN]

——— rates, S823 [16FE]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers, S3218 [16MY]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (S. 2059), S263 [1FE], S319 [2FE]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (S. 2230), S2007 [22MR], S2009 [26MR], S2055 [27MR], S5287 [24JY]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (S. 2230), motion to proceed, S2115, S2117 [28MR], S2223 [29MR], S2287–S2305, S2308–S2311, S2313, S2314 [16AP], S2345 [17AP], S2521 [19AP]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, S7665 [6DE]

Unemployment: rates, S823 [16FE], S6508 [20SE]

Veterans Jobs Corps Act: violation of Budget Control Act by increasing authority and outlays above Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) allocation, S6317 [13SE], S6396 [19SE]

Reports

Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S120 [26JA]

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H177–H180 [25JA], H3097–H3100 [17MY]

Reports filed

Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 112–489), H3166 [22MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112–156), S2545 [19AP]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112–160), S2730 [25AP]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112–175), S3976 [12JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112–252), S8138 [18DE]

Baseline Reform Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3578) (H. Rept. 112–378), H218 [31JA]

Budget and Accounting Transparency Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3581) (H. Rept. 112–380), H218 [31JA]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 554) (H. Rept. 112–400), H900 [16FE]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 112, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2013–2022: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 597) (H. Rept. 112–423), H1641 [27MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 98, Disapprove the President’s Exercise of Authority To Increase the Debt Limit: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 515) (H. Rept. 112–365), H25 [17JA]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 117, Continuing Appropriations and H.R. 6365, National Security and Job Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 778) (H. Rept. 112–667), H5922 [12SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3521, Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 540) (H. Rept. 112–389), H567 [7FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3578, Baseline Reform Act and H.R. 3582, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 534) (H. Rept. 112–383), H373 [1FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3581, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 539) (H. Rept. 112–388), H511 [6FE]

Consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 648) (H. Rept. 112–472), H2565 [9MY]

Consideration of H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act and Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 66, Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 841) (H. Rept. 112–708), H7359 [19DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security Improved Financial Accountability Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1998) (S. Rept. 112–230), S6744 [13NO]

Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 3521) (H. Rept. 112–364), H439 [2FE]

——— Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3521) (H. Rept. 112–364), H25 [17JA]

GAO Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 237) (S. Rept. 112–159), S2655 [24AP]

Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1409) (S. Rept. 112–181), S4950 [12JY]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4053) (H. Rept. 112–698), H6578 [30NO]

Legally Binding Budget Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 3575) (H. Rept. 112–379), H218 [31JA]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3630) (H. Rept. 112–399), H900 [16FE]

Pro-Growth Budgeting Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3582) (H. Rept. 112–377), H218 [31JA]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 643) (H. Rept. 112–464), H2316 [7MY]

Sequester Replacement Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 4966) (H. Rept. 112–469), H2565 [9MY]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 5652) (H. Rept. 112–470), H2565 [9MY]

Sequestration Transparency Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 5872) (H. Rept. 112–577), H4683 [9JY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2013–2022: Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 112) (H. Rept. 112–421), H1570 [26MR]

Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2013: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 112–465), H2441 [8MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget: Alabama State Legislature, S8450 [27DE]

National security and veterans’ benefits funding: El Paso County, TX, Commissioners Court, E439 [26MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8464, S8482 [28DE]

Statements

Fair Market Values and the Budgetary Treatment of Federal Credit—Comment on Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Release on H.R. 3581: Marvin Phaup, H539 [7FE]

Ryan Budget Plan: Bruce Bartlett, S6095 [11SE]

Tax Expenditures and Budget Rescission Authority: Representative McCollum, H605 [8FE]

Tables

Annual cut in Social Security benefits under chained consumer price index, S8173 [19DE]

Budget aggregates, S1832 [20MR], S4766 [29JN], S8135, S8136 [18DE], H1975 [18AP], H3101 [17MY], H3165 [22MY], H3575 [6JN], H3659 [7JN], H4772 [10JY], H5627 [1AU]

Budgetary effects of Senate substitute amendment to S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act, S2565 [23AP]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget allocations, S4767 [29JN], S8136 [18DE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S4767 [29JN], S8136 [18DE]

Direct spending legislation—Committee on Ways and Means (House) allocation for resolution changes, H5627 [1AU]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3397, Cabin Fee Act, H5731 [10SE]

Senate committee budget authority and outlay allocations: 2012, S1832, S1833 [20MR]

Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard, S1832 [20MR]

Social Security aggregates, S1832 [20MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 112, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022, H1699–H1705 [28MR]

H. Res. 515, consideration of H.J. Res. 98, disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, H46 [18JA]

H. Res. 516, express that passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance, H143 [24JA]

H. Res. 534, consideration of H.R. 3578, Baseline Reform Act and H.R. 3582, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act, H387 [2FE]

H. Res. 539, consideration of H.R. 3581, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act, H523 [7FE]

H. Res. 540, consideration of H.R. 3521, Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act, H593 [8FE]

H. Res. 554, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H907 [17FE]

H. Res. 597, consideration of H. Con. Res. 112, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022, H1654 [28MR]

H. Res. 643, consideration of H.R. 5326, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations and same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H2337 [8MY]

H. Res. 648, consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2573 [10MY]

H. Res. 778, consideration of H.J. Res. 117, continuing appropriations and consideration of H.R. 6365, National Security and Job Protection Act, H5939 [13SE]

H. Res. 841, consideration of H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act and Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 66, Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act, H7374 [20DE]

H.J. Res. 98, disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, H54 [18JA]

H.J. Res. 117, continuing appropriations, H5949–H5953 [13SE]

H.R. 2146, Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act, H2082–H2091 [25AP]

H.R. 3578, Baseline Reform Act, H419 [2FE]

H.R. 3582, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act, H404 [2FE]

H.R. 4053, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act, H6768–H6770 [13DE]

H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2583–H2600 [10MY]

H.R. 5872, Sequestration Transparency Act, H4920 [18JY]

H.R. 5912, prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction, H6113 [19SE]

H.R. 6365, National Security and Job Protection Act, H5957 [13SE]

H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act, H7395–H7402 [20DE]

S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act, S5896–S5898 [1AU]

S. 1998, DHS Audit Requirement Target (DART) Act, S7125 [28NO], H6731 [12DE]

S. 2065, Down Payment To Protect National Security Act, S324 [2FE]

S. 3664, allow increase of debt ceiling by Executive order, S7686 [6DE]

S. Con. Res. 37, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022, S2259 [29MR]

S. Con. Res. 39, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022, S2265 [29MR]

S. Con. Res. 40, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022, S2326–S2333 [16AP]

S. Con. Res. 41, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022, S2401–S2405 [17AP]

S. Con. Res. 42, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022, S2833–S2840 [26AP]

S. Con. Res. 44, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022, S2971–S2977 [8MY]

S. Con. Res. 52, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022, S5218–S5224 [19JY]

S. Res. 427, Preventing Duplicative and Overlapping Government Programs Resolution, S2551 [19AP]

S.J. Res. 34, disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, S45 [23JA]