PUBLIC DEBT see also Budget-U.S.

PUBLIC DEBT see also Budget—U.S.

Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S651–S655 [12FE], H444–H448 [12FE]

Amendments

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6380 [8OC]

Budget: limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), S1053 [28FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), S1036 [28FE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), S367 [29JA], S414, S415, S418, S424, S446, S447 [31JA]

Government: disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), consideration (H. Res. 391), H6848 [29OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2546 [9MY]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), consideration (H. Res. 202), H2501 [8MY]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), S7386 [10OC]

Articles and editorials

Economists See Deficit Emphasis as Impeding Recovery, H2549 [9MY]

Happy Deficit Day, Uncle Sam, H5930 [28SE]

Larger Spending Cuts Would Help the Economy, S1242 [7MR]

Let’s Unify Around Commonsense Solutions To Reopen the Government and Avoid Default, H6625 [16OC]

Obama Rewrites Debt-Limit History, S7206 [4OC]

Obama’s Claim That Non-Budget Items Have ‘‘Never’’ Been Attached to the Debt Ceiling, S7004 [27SE]

Reid Says He’s Pleased With House GOP’s ‘Clean Debt Ceiling Bill’, H229 [23JA]

Sequestration Budget Cuts Would Be Across-the-Board in Houston, County, H5784 [20SE]

Uncertainty Is the Enemy of Recovery, S6582 [18SE]

When Debt Is a Sound Investment, H4241 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown or if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 3217), H6011 [28SE]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (see H.R. 3273), H6411 [8OC]

——— establish (H.R. 3273), consideration (see H. Res. 373), H6411 [8OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget and that each agency and department’s funding is justified (see H.J. Res. 36), H1427 [14MR]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 1), S43 [22JA] (see S.J. Res. 6), S358 [29JA] (see S.J. Res. 7), S708 [13FE] (see S.J. Res. 20), S5667 [11JY] (see H.J. Res. 1, 2, 4, 5), H32 (see H.J. Res. 6, 11), H33 [3JA] (see H.J. Res. 17), H170 [15JA] (see H.J. Res. 24), H413 [6FE] (see H.J. Res. 35), H1427 [14MR] (see H.J. Res. 38), H1992 [12AP] (see H.J. Res. 49), H3653 [14JN]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and approval from a majority of State legislatures for increases in Federal debt (see H.J. Res. 10), H33 [3JA]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 18), H177 [18JA]

——— constitutional amendment to require two-thirds votes in the House and Senate to increase the statutory limit on the public debt (see H.J. Res. 57), H5344 [1AU]

——— delay sequestration (see H.R. 607), H431 [8FE]

——— eliminate sequestration (see H.R. 900), H814 [28FE]

——— establish debt stabilization process requiring negotiated budget compromise when debt grows faster than the economy (see H.R. 3149), H5766 [19SE]

——— exempt certain payments to States from sequestration (see S. 1676), S7927 [7NO]

——— exempt Dept. of HUD public and Indian housing programs from sequestration (see H.R. 2695), H4522 [16JY]

——— exempt NIH from current fiscal year sequestration and reduce the sequestration by the amount of the exemption (see H.R. 729), H546 [14FE]

——— exempt 9/11 Health and Compensation Programs from sequestration (see S. 377), S813 [25FE] (see H.R. 811), H627 [25FE]

——— exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration (see H.R. 2238), H3094 [4JN]

——— exempt the Dept. of Defense from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration (see H.R. 773), H595 [15FE]

——— increase long-term fiscal accountability of direct spending legislation (see H.R. 2518), H4078 [26JN]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (see S. 388), S871 [26FE]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and freeze pay for Members of Congress when there is a Federal deficit (see S. 263), S520 [7FE] (see H.R. 593), H430 [8FE]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt a portion of civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts covering personnel who have served in the Armed Forces from sequestration (see H.R. 2614), H4212 [8JY]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts from sequestration (see H.R. 2613), H4212 [8JY]

——— reduce deficit (see H.R. 3146), H5766 [19SE]

——— reduce Federal spending (see H.R. 37), H28 [3JA]

——— reduce the deficit and protect important programs by ending tax loopholes (see S. 268), S589 [11FE]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (see H.R. 699), H545 [14FE]

——— repeal sequestration, reduce discretionary spending limits, and suspend statutory debt ceiling limit (see H.R. 849), H700 [27FE]

——— repeal sequestration while achieving balance in deficit reduction between revenue and cuts and between non-defense and defense cuts and invest in job creation (see H.R. 505), H370 [5FE]

——— replace current fiscal year sequestration (see S. 18), S943 [27FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (see S. 16), S943 [27FE] (see S. 799), S2960 [24AP]

——— require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (see S. 581), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 668), H501 [13FE]

——— require the President to submit with the budget an estimate of the deficit using generally accepted accounting principles and CBO to submit the same with its report (see H.R. 476), H341 [4FE]

——— rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see S. 692), S2564 [10AP] (see H.R. 282), H169 [15JA]

——— restore Indian Health Service funding reduced under any order issued to carry out a sequestration (see H.R. 1371), H1824 [21MR]

——— restore sequestered budgetary resources (see H.R. 2060), H2803 [20MY]

——— suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending (see S. 788), S2896 [23AP]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (see H.R. 325), H180 [21JA]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), consideration (see H. Res. 39), H221 [22JA]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see S. 1715), S8049 [14NO] (see H.R. 695), H545 [14FE]

Congress: refrain from conditioning the resolution of fiscal and budgetary disputes on the taking of action on non-germane legislative matters (see H. Res. 375), H6492 [10OC]

Constitutional amendments: prohibit 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. 9), H33 [3JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: ensure Social Security benefits are paid, prioritize payments when the U.S. is unable to issue new obligations due to the debt ceiling, and address lapse in funding for the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1970), H2602 [14MY]

——— increase seigniorage and mint and issue coins celebrating American Liberty, ‘‘The Union’’, and American values, and continue production of Presidentially-themed coins (see H.R. 2535), H4141 [27JN]

——— issue War on Debt Bonds (see H.R. 1956), H2574 [13MY]

——— limit the face value of issued coins (see H.R. 220), H84 [14JA]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (see S. 794), S2960 [24AP] (see S. 818), S3028 (see S. 853), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1765), H2390 [26AP]

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. 1017), H1320 [6MR]

Economy: achieve a Federal spending target of 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and a Federal revenue target of 20 percent of GDP by the end of calendar year 2020 (see H. Res. 20), H53 [4JA]

——— 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. 2674), H4483 [11JY]

——— provide a comprehensive deficit reduction plan through dollar for dollar debt ceiling increase and entitlement program reform (see S. 11), S871 [26FE]

——— provide for fiscal gap and generational accounting analysis in the legislative process, the President’s budget, and annual long-term fiscal outlook reports (see S. 1351), S5907 [24JY] (see H.R. 2967), H5344 [1AU]

FAA: eliminate application of budget sequestration to funds associated with the operation of air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1766), H2390 [26AP]

——— exempt from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration (see S. 817), S3028 [25AP]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (see S. 1792), S8601 [10DE]

——— eliminate unnecessary Federal bank accounts (see H.R. 1856), H2483 [7MY]

——— strengthen employee cost savings suggestion programs (see S. 643), S2146 [21MR]

Federal employees: eliminate pay adjustments for persons holding senior positions in the Federal Government and prevent pay adjustments for Members of Congress in any year with a budget deficit (see S. 30), S42 [22JA]

Government: apply debt ceiling only to debt held by the public and adjust debt ceiling for increases in the gross domestic product (see H.R. 3148), H5766 [19SE]

——— appropriate such funds necessary to ensure certain important functions of the Government continue during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3166), H5802 [20SE]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (see S.J. Res. 26), S7574 [28OC] (see H.J. Res. 99), H6828 [28OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), consideration (see H. Res. 391), H6827 [28OC]

——— eliminate statutory ceiling and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (see H.R. 290), H170 [15JA]

——— establish a point of order to prohibit extension of the debt ceiling unless a concurrent budget resolution has been agreed to and is in effect (see H.R. 326), H221 [22JA]

——— establish a timely and expeditious process for voting on the statutory debt ceiling (see S. 57), S43 [22JA]

——— increase debt ceiling by a certain amount upon adoption by Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment and by an additional amount upon ratification by the States (see H.R. 371), H279 [23JA] (see H.R. 443), H315 [1FE]

——— increase debt ceiling only upon submission to the States for ratification a proposed constitutional amendment to balance the Federal budget or limit Federal spending (see H.R. 355), H278 [23JA]

——— prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt ceiling is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 342), H222 [22JA]

——— prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 46), S43 [22JA] (see S. 81), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 149), H32 [3JA] (see H.R. 247), H85 [14JA]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see S. 92), S213 [23JA]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 807), H627 [25FE] (see H.R. 3296), H6643 [16OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), consideration (see H. Res. 202), H2483 [7MY]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached and require the sale of Federal assets (see H.R. 3052), H5399 [2AU]

——— prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap (see H.R. 55), H29 [3JA]

——— prohibit Members of Congress, President, and Vice-President from receiving pay during a Government shutdown or when the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 3234), H6174 [2OC]

——— prohibit Members of Congress, President, Vice-President, and executive department heads from receiving pay and prioritize payments to seniors, military, and veterans during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 3152), H5766 [19SE]

——— prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see S. 55), S43 [22JA]

——— provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see S. 1598), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 3372), H6901 [29OC]

——— provide authority to increase the debt ceiling when an Act of Congress provides budget authority or reduces revenues (see H.R. 103), H31 [3JA]

——— provide for an expedited process for increasing the statutory public debt ceiling (see H.R. 319), H176 [18JA]

——— provide for an orderly process by which the debt ceiling is increased by permitting the Dept. of the Treasury to increase the debt ceiling unless blocked by a supermajority of Congress (see H.R. 233), H84 [14JA]

——— provide that the President shall submit to Congress a report detailing the priority of Federal spending if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 1231), H1548 [15MR]

——— reform the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3293), H6604 [15OC]

——— require Dept. of the Treasury reports to Congress on status of the debt, deficit reduction proposals, and impact of debt ceiling increase prior to potential debt ceiling increases (see H.R. 3579), H7353 [21NO]

——— require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 43), S43 [22JA]

——— retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (see S. Res. 8), S214 [23JA] (see H. Res. 360), H5883 [26SE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (see S. 1569), S7308 [8OC] (see H.R. 3213), H6011 [28SE] (see H.R. 3259, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3263, 3264, 3265, 3266), H6321 (see H.R. 3267, 3268, 3269, 3270), H6322 [5OC] (see H.R. 3284), H6492 [10OC]

Government-sponsored enterprises: provide for repayment of amounts borrowed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the U.S. (see H.R. 2435), H3927 [19JN]

——— require use of amounts repaid to the Dept. of the Treasury by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 3340), H6774 [24OC]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2247 [23AP]

——— place real time display of U.S. gross national debt in the House chamber (see H. Res. 240), H2955 [23MY]

——— require that excess amounts from Members’ official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 106), H31 [3JA] (see H.R. 496), H370 [5FE]

House Rules: reinstate ‘‘Gephardt rule’’ setting debt ceiling automatically at level projected by concurrent budget resolution (see H. Res. 11), H33 [3JA]

——— require that any extension of debt ceiling only be considered in a stand-alone bill (see H. Res. 12), H33 [3JA]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 361), H5882 [26SE]

Medicaid: increase required State match for newly eligible individuals and apply savings against sequestration reductions (see H.R. 3667), H7566 [5DE]

Members of Congress: make matching contributions to Thrift Savings Fund contingent on Congress completing action on budget resolution reducing the deficit (see H.R. 143), H32 [3JA]

——— prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 108), H31 [3JA] (see H.R. 167), H51 [4JA]

——— prohibit from receiving pay whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations because public debt ceiling has been reached (see S. 1142), S4405 [12JN] (see H.R. 2335), H3356 [12JN]

——— provide for rates of pay to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending (see H.R. 284), H169 [15JA]

——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 1884), H2533 [8MY]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient (see H.R. 243), H85 [14JA]

National security: ensure that the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers continue to receive pay and allowances during a Government shutdown or if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 3216), H6011 [28SE]

OMB: rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see S. 379), S871 [26FE] (see H.R. 828), H658 [26FE]

Petroleum: eliminate unnecessary oil tax credits and subsidies for major oil companies to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 2956), H5343 [1AU]

Power resources: use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 787), H595 [15FE]

Public debt: reform the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3293), H6604 [15OC]

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. 1021), H1320 [6MR]

Social Security: establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 1713), H2297 [24AP]

——— protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds from the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3161), H5801 [20SE]

Taxation: eliminate wasteful tax loopholes (see S. 8), S42 [22JA]

——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see S. 720), S2649 [15AP] (see H.R. 1336), H1822 [21MR] (see H.R. 1571), H2025 [15AP]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see S. 321), S708 [13FE] (see H.R. 766), H594 [15FE]

Cloture motions

Budget: limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), motion to proceed, S849 [26FE], S991 [28FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), motion to proceed, S927 [27FE], S991 [28FE]

Government: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), motion to proceed, S7385 [10OC], S7425 [12OC]

Cost Estimates

Full Faith and Credit Act (H.R. 807): CBO, H2545 [9MY]

Letters

Consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs: Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles, CA, County Board of Supervisors, S1119 [5MR]

Continuing appropriations and debt ceiling: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H5690 [19SE]

Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act: several public interest organizations, S2115 [21MR]

Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act: Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H6394 [8OC]

Effects of achieving a balanced budget: Steve Harrison, S920 [27FE]

EPA employee furloughs: Heriberto León, E884 [17JN]

OMB Sequestration Preview Report: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, OMB, H4211 [8JY]

Require the President to use National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform recommendations for revenue and spending reforms as the framework for his budget request: Representative Wolf, H385 [6FE]

Statutory public debt ceiling increase: Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers, S7301 [8OC]

——— Ronald Reagan (1983), H6592 [14OC]

Lists

National organizations supporting the Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act, S2115 [21MR]

State and local organizations supporting the Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act, S2116 [21MR]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2014: President Obama, S2560–S2562 [10AP], H1890–H1892 [10AP]

Economic Report: President Obama, S1891 [18MR], H1530 [15MR]

Statutory Debt Ceiling: President Obama, H6646 [22OC]

Motions

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), H6395, H6396 [8OC]

Budget: limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), S849 [26FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), S927 [27FE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), S426, S427, S428 [31JA], H248 [23JA]

Government: disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), H6872 [29OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (S.J. Res. 26), S7585 [29OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2551 [9MY]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), S7357 [10OC], S7389 [11OC], S7419, S7426 [12OC], S7433 [13OC], S7455 [14OC], S7475 [15OC], S7503 [16OC]

Press releases

Budget Sequestration Impact on Northwestern University Reproductive Health Hazards Superfund Research Center, E943 [20JN]

Remarks in House

Arizona: charge royalties on copper mined by Resolution Copper Mining (company) from a mining project on lands that were a part of a Federal land exchange, H5851 [26SE]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), H6386, H6389–H6397, H6402 [8OC], H6419 [9OC]

——— establish (H.R. 3273), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6370–H6381 [8OC]

——— establish (H.R. 3273), motion to recommit, H6395 [8OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1918 [11AP], H1962, H1963 [12AP], H2031 [16AP], H2238, H2239 [23AP], H5376 [2AU]

——— balance, H1405, H1415, H1418 [14MR], H1572, H1578, H1579, H1580, H1618 [19MR], H1803 [21MR], H5931 [28SE], H6335 [7OC]

——— comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H2069 [17AP]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), E4 [3JA]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), E9 [3JA]

——— deficit, H97, H152–H155 [15JA], H317 [4FE], H352 [5FE], H434, H438 [12FE], H527 [14FE], H689, H691 [27FE], H706 [28FE], H1418 [14MR], H1580 [19MR], H1978 [12AP], H2293–H2295 [24AP], H2660 [16MY], H2851 [22MY], H3025 [4JN], H4589, H4590, H4591–H4594 [17JY], H4845 [22JY], H4860, H4864 [23JY], H5271 [1AU], H5650–H5652 [18SE], H5930 [28SE], H6144 [2OC], H6234, H6273 [4OC], H6307 [5OC], H6323 [7OC], H6406 [8OC], H6415 [9OC], H6496 [11OC], H6597, H6601 [15OC], H6607, H6612 [16OC], H6681, H6683, H6684 [23OC], H6838 [29OC], H6909 [30OC], E9 [3JA], E22 [14JA], E33 [15JA], E47 [22JA], E57 [23JA], E86 [4FE], E99 [5FE], E112 [6FE], E140 [13FE], E192 [26FE], E302 [14MR], E321 [18MR], E335 [19MR], E369 [21MR], E396 [9AP], E428 [11AP], E458 [15AP], E474 [16AP], E514 [23AP], E529 [24AP], E555 [25AP], E656 [14MY], E666 [15MY], E682 [16MY], E698 [17MY], E702 [20MY], E715 [21MY], E734, E761 [23MY], E775 [3JN], E789 [4JN], E805 [5JN], E828 [6JN], E838 [11JN], E850 [12JN], E864 [14JN], E891, E898 [17JN], E911 [18JN], E917 [19JN], E950 [20JN], E960 [25JN], E974 [26JN], E991, E1011 [28JN], E1019 [8JY], E1031 [9JY], E1039 [10JY], E1055 [11JY], E1064 [16JY], E1079 [17JY], E1093 [18JY], E1109 [22JY], E1119 [23JY], E1125 [24JY], E1141 [25JY], E1161 [30JY], E1171 [31JY], E1193 [1AU], E1223 [2AU], E1262 [9SE], E1276 [10SE], E1312 [12SE], E1326 [17SE], E1338 [18SE], E1349 [19SE], E1363 [23SE], E1371 [25SE], E1385 [26SE], E1397 [28SE], E1405 [30SE], E1413 [1OC], E1418 [2OC], E1429 [3OC], E1442 [4OC], E1447 [7OC], E1453 [8OC], E1468 [9OC], E1482 [10OC], E1501 [11OC], E1515 [15OC], E1524 [16OC], E1543 [22OC], E1557 [23OC], E1581 [28OC], E1595 [29OC], E1613 [30OC], E1634 [12NO], E1649 [13NO], E1668 [14NO], E1676 [15NO], E1694 [18NO], E1706 [19NO], E1718 [20NO], E1755 [22NO], E1761 [2DE], E1783 [3DE], E1790 [4DE], E1807 [5DE], E1817 [9DE], E1826 [10DE], E1839 [11DE], E1863 [12DE]

——— eliminate sequestration, H5275, H5311 [1AU], H5376 [2AU], H7403 [3DE]

——— eliminate sequestration (H.R. 900), H958 [5MR], H991 [6MR], H1863, H1869 [10AP], H2312 [25AP], H2370, H2371, H2378, H2379 [26AP], H2449 [7MY], H2491 [8MY], H2796 [20MY], H2813 [21MY], H2841, H2846 [22MY], H3682 [17JN], H4984 [24JY], H5281, H5326, H5329 [1AU], H5784 [20SE], E250 [6MR], E571 [26AP], E884 [17JN], E943 [20JN], E989 [28JN], E1361 [23SE]

——— eliminate sequestration (H.R. 900), unanimous-consent request, H2453 [7MY]

——— ensure any budget resolution does not cut benefits to people living below the poverty line, H360 [5FE]

——— ensure any budget resolution does not cut benefits to veterans, the Armed Forces, Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid, H248, H249 [23JA]

——— establish debt stabilization process requiring negotiated budget compromise when debt grows faster than the economy (H.R. 3149), H6285 [4OC]

——— exempt NIH from current fiscal year sequestration and reduce the sequestration by the amount of the exemption (H.R. 729), E157 [14FE]

——— exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration (H.R. 2238), H3694 [18JN]

——— impact of budget sequestration on health care, H1562 [18MR]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), H994 [6MR]

——— Obama administration proposal, H1978 [12AP]

——— reduce Federal spending, H318 [4FE], H6681 [23OC]

——— reform entitlement programs, H152 [15JA], H538 [14FE], H1434, H1542 [15MR], H1818 [21MR], H2449, H2480 [7MY], H2564 [9MY], H5624 [18SE], H6294 [5OC], H6463 [10OC]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration, H686, H690 [27FE], H1367, H1370 [13MR], H1587 [19MR], H2232 [23AP], H2442, H2448 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2555 [9MY], H3027 [4JN], H3228 [6JN], H5690 [19SE], H5780, H5781, H5782, H5783, H5785 [20SE], H5981 [28SE], H6759 [23OC]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H602, H608 [25FE], H632, H638, H639, H645, H646, H650, H651 [26FE], H670, H671, H672, H673, H674, H676, H685, H686, H687 [27FE], H805, H806 [28FE], H944 [4MR], H955, H956, H958, H959–H964 [5MR], H987, H989, H993, H994 [6MR], H1925 [11AP], H2309 [25AP], H3291 [12JN], H4085 [27JN], H4981 [24JY], H5927, H5936, H5999 [28SE], E173 [25FE], E199 [27FE], E226 [28FE]

——— repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with a balanced approach to revenue and spending, H357, H358, H361 [5FE], H392, H393 [6FE]

——— repeal sequestration while achieving balance in deficit reduction between revenue and cuts and between non-defense and defense cuts and invest in job creation (H.R. 505), H540 [14FE], H694 [27FE]

——— require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (H.R. 668), H958–H965 [5MR]

——— require the President to include in his supplemental unified budget the cost, per taxpayer, of the annual deficit for each year in which such budget is projected to result in a deficit, H388, H389 [6FE]

——— require the President to use National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform recommendations for revenue and spending reforms as the framework for his budget request, H384–H388 [6FE], H1796 [21MR]

——— restore sequestered budgetary resources (H.R. 2060), H4222 [9JY]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), H186, H187, H202 [22JA], H226, H227, H237–H250, H252, H256 [23JA], H327 [4FE], H2498 [8MY], H6282, H6283 [4OC]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), consideration (H. Res. 39), H227–H236 [23JA]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), motion to recommit, H248, H249 [23JA]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, H947 [4MR]

Congress: goals of the 113th Congress, E14 [4JA]

——— legislative priorities, H5437 [10SE], H5648 [18SE], H7195 [19NO], H7269–H7272 [20NO]

——— refrain from conditioning the resolution of fiscal and budgetary disputes on the taking of action on non-germane legislative matters (H. Res. 375), H6462, H6489 [10OC], H6588 [14OC], H6610 [16OC]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1560–H1566 [18MR], E325 [18MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow portion of savings from crop insurance standard reinsurance agreements renegotiation to continue to be used for deficit reduction, H3911 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs, H2330, H2331 [25AP]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (H.R. 1765), H2364–H2374, H2379, H2380 [26AP], E581 [30AP], E598 [6MY], E645 [13MY]

Economy: achieve a Federal spending target of 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and a Federal revenue target of 20 percent of GDP by the end of calendar year 2020 (H. Res. 20), correction in engrossment, H1323 [7MR]

——— avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, E11 [3JA], E21 [14JA]

——— avert impact of budget sequestration on economy through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H512 [14FE], H686, H687, H692 [27FE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H4085 [27JN]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H4591 [17JY], H5556 [17SE], H6235 [4OC]

Energy and water development: importance of infrastructure investment, H4240 [9JY], H4603 [18JY]

Federal agencies and departments: eliminate unnecessary Federal bank accounts (H.R. 1856), H2461 [7MY]

Foreign countries: prohibit payment of debt held by certain foreign countries instead of protecting U.S. senior citizens, veterans, and those harmed by natural disasters in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2551, H2552 [9MY]

Government: apply debt limit only to debt held by the public and adjust debt limit for increases in the gross domestic product (H.R. 3148), H6285 [4OC]

——— ceiling, H152–H155 [15JA], H183 [22JA], H459 [13FE], H1978 [12AP], H2146 [18AP], H2660 [16MY], H3226 [6JN], H4591–H4594 [17JY], H5075, H5076 [25JY], H5530 [12SE], H5808 [25SE], H5895 [27SE], H5930, H5931, H5932, H5934 [28SE], H6057 [1OC], H6106 [2OC], H6188, H6189 [3OC], H6232, H6233, H6246, H6276, H6285 [4OC], H6294 [5OC], H6323, H6326, H6335 [7OC], H6346, H6349, H6357, H6359, H6360, H6371, H6392, H6393, H6398–H6401, H6404–H6406 [8OC], H6417, H6418, H6419, H6420, H6421, H6424, H6427, H6429, H6430 [9OC], H6458, H6460, H6461, H6463, H6465, H6466, H6476, H6485, H6490 [10OC], H6496, H6498 [11OC], H6548, H6559, H6561, H6562, H6565 [12OC], H6571, H6572, H6574, H6581–H6584, H6587–H6594 [14OC], H6595, H6597, H6598, H6599, H6600, H6601, H6602, H6603 [15OC], H6607, H6608, H6609, H6610, H6612, H6613, H6614, H6615, H6620–H6625 [16OC], H6684 [23OC], H7632 [11DE], E1511 [15OC]

——— clarify relationship between debt issued and statutory debt ceiling in the prioritized obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2550 [9MY]

——— close empty Government bank accounts and apply funds in inactive accounts to deficit reduction, H2447 [7MY]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), H6872–H6876 [29OC], H6905, H6913 [30OC], E1609 [30OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), consideration (H. Res. 391), H6841–H6850 [29OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), motion to proceed, H6872 [29OC]

——— economic impact of default, H6592 [14OC], H6597 [15OC], H6613 [16OC]

——— eliminate statutory ceiling and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (H.R. 290), H350 [5FE]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H5684, H5686, H5691, H5757 [19SE], H5775, H5782 [20SE], H5836, H5843, H5846 [26SE], H5936, H5937, H5983 [28SE]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2313 [25AP], H2355 [26AP], H2443 [7MY], H2492 [8MY], H2539–H2553, H2556 [9MY], H2660 [16MY], H5846 [26SE], H6572 [14OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), consideration (H. Res. 202), H2495–H2502 [8MY]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), motion to recommit, H2551, H2552 [9MY]

——— prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap (H.R. 55), H6346 [8OC]

——— reform the public debt ceiling (H.R. 3293), E1513 [15OC]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate, H2167 [23AP], H2271 [24AP], H2309 [25AP], H2380 [26AP], H2544, H2554, H2555 [9MY], H3052 [4JN], H3339 [12JN], H3369 [13JN], H5779 [20SE], H6041, H6044, H6047 [30SE], H6055 [1OC], H6165 [2OC]

——— encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (H. Res. 174), H2258, H2259 [24AP], H2321 [25AP], H2724, H2727–H2730 [17MY]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 361), H5938–H5946 [28SE]

Medicare: reform, H1348, H1349 [12MR], H1415 [14MR]

Members of Congress: prohibit from receiving pay whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations because public debt ceiling has been reached (H.R. 2335), E850 [12JN]

——— prohibit payment of compensation from prioritized obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2546, H2547 [9MY]

NIH: impact of budget sequestration on research, H1579 [19MR], H1802 [21MR]

Northwestern University: impact of budget sequestration on Reproductive Health Hazards Superfund Research Center, E943 [20JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H160–H162 [15JA], H976–H978 [5MR], H2311 [25AP], H2842 [22MY], H2968 [3JN]

——— evaluation of budget proposal, H1945, H1947 [11AP]

——— evaluation of economic policies, H437 [12FE], H515 [14FE], H675 [27FE], H1537–H1542 [15MR], H2036 [16AP], H4864 [23JY]

——— evaluation of policies relative to general aviation industry, H435 [12FE]

——— inaugural address, H202–H206 [22JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on the public debt, H6422 [9OC], H6476 [10OC], H6496 [11OC], H6559 [12OC], H6681 [23OC]

Public debt: reform the public debt ceiling (H.R. 3293), E1513 [15OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4189 [8JY], H5032 [24JY]

Securing America’s Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H1796 [21MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1915 [11AP], H2057 [16AP]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: provide assistance to families of active servicemembers and veterans, S2282 [22MR]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.J. Res. 89), S7354 [9OC], S7357 [10OC]

——— establish (H.R. 3273), S7320 [9OC]

Budget: balance, S840, S841 [26FE], S1878 [18MR], S1992–S1997, S2003, S2005, S2008, S2009 [20MR], S2055–S2058, S2061–S2066, S2077, S2086, S2089–S2091, S2129, S2137, S2140 [21MR], S7335 [9OC], S7442 [13OC]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 20), S5684 [15JY]

——— constitutionality of legislation to suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution relative to 27th Amendment, S428 [31JA]

——— deficit, S32–S34 [22JA], S190, S195–S197 [23JA], S236–S238, S243–S247 [24JA], S300–S302 [28JA], S339–S341, S347 [29JA], S370–S372, S396 [30JA], S450–S454 [4FE], S486 [7FE], S678–S680 [13FE], S915–S918 [27FE], S969 [28FE], S1878 [18MR], S1929 [19MR], S2010–S2019 [20MR], S2137–S2140 [21MR], S2921, S2933 [24AP], S2997 [25AP], S3311 [9MY], S3643 [21MY], S3733 [22MY], S5958–S5960 [25JY], S6349 [11SE], S6617 [19SE], S7194 [4OC], S7257, S7258 [7OC], S7302–S7304 [8OC], S7318, S7321, S7346 [9OC], S7358, S7372–S7375, S7380 [10OC], S7393, S7400, S7404, S7406 [11OC], S7603 [29OC], S7713 [31OC], S8348 [20NO], S8879 [17DE], S8969 [18DE]

——— eliminate sequestration, S7977 [13NO], S8041 [14NO]

——— increase fiscal accountability, S7440, S7442 [13OC]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes, S8945 [18DE]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), S819, S836–S844, S847 [26FE]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), motion to proceed, S849 [26FE], S882, S884–S887, S905, S910 [27FE], S959–S961, S967, S970–S993, S1006 [28FE]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), unanimous-consent request, S970, S986 [28FE]

——— limit sequestration reductions to National Intelligence Program, S1780 [13MR]

——— provide point of order against budgets spending more on net interest payments on the debt than on national defense, S2291 [22MR]

——— reconciliation process, S1276–S1278 [11MR], S3226 [8MY]

——— reduce deficit by eliminating corporate tax loopholes, S8035 [14NO]

——— reduce Federal spending, S347 [29JA], S370–S372, S396 [30JA], S429 [31JA], S450–S454 [4FE], S7440, S7445 [13OC]

——— reduce the deficit and protect important programs by ending tax loopholes (S. 268), S590–S594 [11FE], S2114–S2118 [21MR], S3826, S3829 [23MY]

——— reform entitlement programs, S26 [22JA], S191–S195 [23JA], S238–S240, S243 [24JA], S302, S304–S307 [28JA], S396 [30JA], S577 [11FE], S725–S727 [14FE], S800 [25FE], S1838 [14MR], S1929 [19MR], S2011 [20MR], S2077 [21MR], S2488 [9AP], S2921 [24AP], S3922 [4JN], S5958–S5960 [25JY], S6618 [19SE], S7141 [2OC], S7345, S7347–S7350 [9OC], S7367, S7370, S7374, S7379 [10OC], S7415, S7416 [11OC], S7587 [29OC]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration, S6987, S6992 [27SE], S7030 [30SE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), motion to proceed, S905, S927 [27FE], S959–S962, S971–S993, S1006 [28FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), unanimous-consent agreement, S927 [27FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), unanimous-consent request, S2888 [23AP]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 799), S2931, S2979 [24AP], S2982 [25AP]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 799), unanimous-consent request, S2932 [24AP]

——— revenue neutral tax loophole reform, S2125–S2127 [21MR]

——— suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending (S. 788), S2886, S2904 [23AP], S2909, S2911, S2912, S2917 [24AP]

——— suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending (S. 788), unanimous-consent request, S2887 [23AP], S2933 [24AP]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), S233, S242, S297 [24JA], S299, S301 [28JA], S354 [29JA], S392 [30JA], S412–S429 [31JA], S453 [4FE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), motion to commit, S428 [31JA]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), unanimous-consent agreement, S407 [30JA]

CBO: release of ‘‘Budget and Economic Outlook—Fiscal Years 2013–2023’’ report, S678–S680 [13FE]

——— release of economic impact report on S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S4568, S4571–S4574, S4620 [18JN], S4632, S4656, S4658 [19JN], S4764, S4766, S4783–S4786 [20JN], S4993 [24JN], S5207–S5209, S5213 [26JN], S5345 [27JN]

——— release of ‘‘Updated Budget Projections—Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023’’ report, S3496, S3499 [15MY], S3643 [21MY]

Congress: goals of the 113th Congress, S8–S10 [3JA], S25–S27 [22JA]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 794), S2942, S2962 [24AP]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 853), S2984, S3059 [25AP]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 853), unanimous-consent agreement, S3060 [25AP], S3065 [30AP]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions, S6626 [19SE], S7000–S7002 [27SE]

——— analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions and the deficit, S2082 [21MR]

——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S1099 [5MR], S7440 [13OC]

——— historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, S6800–S6807 [24SE], S7370, S7371 [10OC], S8648–S8651 [11DE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S190 [23JA], S897, S898 [27FE], S7441 [13OC], S7495 [15OC], S7603 [29OC], S7712–S7714 [31OC], S7814 [5NO]

——— provide a comprehensive deficit reduction plan through dollar for dollar debt ceiling increase and entitlement program reform (S. 11), S8892 [17DE]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (S. 1792), S8603 [10DE]

FRS: reform monetary policy to promote economic growth and minimize risk, S5955 [25JY]

Government: ceiling, S26, S32–S34 [22JA], S233, S236, S246 [24JA], S300 [28JA], S336 [29JA], S3147 [7MY], S3648–S3654 [21MY], S3717–S3721 [22MY], S3798–S3805 [23MY], S4370–S4374 [12JN], S4643, S4644 [19JN], S5223–S5225 [26JN], S5638–S5640 [11JY], S6163 [1AU], S6577, S6579, S6582, S6583 [18SE], S6675 [23SE], S6871 [24SE], S6912, S6913, S6929, S6955 [26SE], S6996, S7003 [27SE], S7015 [30SE], S7111, S7135, S7141 [2OC], S7152, S7164, S7165 [3OC], S7176, S7191, S7205–S7207 [4OC], S7225, S7226, S7240 [5OC], S7257, S7258, S7263, S7268 [7OC], S7278, S7280, S7286, S7288, S7289, S7293, S7298–S7304 [8OC], S7317, S7320–S7325, S7336–S7348 [9OC], S7475–S7487, S7491–S7499 [15OC], S7503–S7532 [16OC], S7585, S7601 [29OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (S.J. Res. 26), motion to proceed, S7583, S7585–S7588, S7595 [29OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (S.J. Res. 26), unanimous-consent agreement, S7580 [28OC]

——— economic impact of default, S7429 [12OC], S7468 [14OC]

——— increase revenues, S2922 [24AP]

——— prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally, S418–S420, S427 [31JA]

——— prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 81), S226 [23JA], S299 [28JA]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, S6677 [23SE], S6929 [26SE], S6978, S6992 [27SE]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), S3356 [13MY]

——— prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 55), S3605 [20MY], S6998 [27SE]

——— require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts, S415–S417, S419–S423, S425, S426, S428 [31JA]

——— retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (S. Res. 8), S224 [23JA]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), S7284, S7309 [8OC], S7311 [9OC]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), motion to proceed, S7357–S7362, S7366, S7367, S7370–S7375, S7377–S7381, S7383–S7385 [10OC], S7389–S7393, S7397–S7401, S7404, S7406, S7409, S7410, S7415, S7416 [11OC], S7419–S7430 [12OC], S7433–S7454 [13OC], S7455–S7471, S7473 [14OC], S7503 [16OC]

Health: impact of budget sequestration on health care, S1673 [12MR]

International economic relations: economic impact on global financial system of failure to raise debt ceiling, S7290 [8OC]

Lew, Jacob J.: suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury relative to fiscal responsibility as OMB Director, S895–S902, S906–S908 [27FE]

Medicare: impact of public debt ceiling default, S7487 [15OC]

National objectives: economic recovery, S2443 [8AP]

NIH: impact of budget sequestration on research, S1673, S1701 [12MR], S4728 [20JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S3605 [20MY], S3707–S3709 [22MY]

——— evaluation of budget proposal, S2582 [11AP]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S191–S195 [23JA], S236–S238 [24JA], S300–S302 [28JA], S411, S429 [31JA], S481 [7FE], S572, S577 [11FE], S598, S599 [12FE], S664–S666, S668–S670 [13FE], S1241, S1242 [7MR], S5819–S5821 [23JY], S5852–S5854, S5874 [24JY], S5952–S5955 [25JY], S6485 [17SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on the public debt, S7043, S7044 [30SE], S7193, S7194 [4OC], S7322 [9OC], S7384 [10OC], S7415 [11OC], S7440 [13OC]

——— prohibit implementation funding, S1724–S1741 [13MR], S2240, S2243, S2244, S2263, S2264 [22MR]

——— repeal, S2253 [22MR]

——— repeal tax increases, S2254 [22MR]

Public debt: use of extraordinary measures to extend public debt ceiling, S7480, S7481, S7499 [15OC]

Senate: legislative priorities, S7563–S7565 [28OC], S7802 [5NO], S8540 [9DE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S2513–S2516 [10AP], S8906 [17DE]

Taxation: reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes and fuel subsidies, S397 [30JA]

Woodward, Bob: characterization of President Obama remarks relative to sequestration substitute, S983 [28FE]

Reports

Long-Term Budget Outlook—Consequences of Large and Growing Federal Debt: CBO (Excerpt), S7258 [7OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.J. Res. 99, Disapproval of President’s Exercise of Authority To Suspend the Debt Ceiling: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 391) (H. Rept. 113–253), H6827 [28OC]

Consideration of H.R. 325, Temporarily Suspend the Public Debt Ceiling and Hold Salaries of Members of Congress in Escrow Upon Failure To Agree to a Budget Resolution: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 39) (H. Rept. 113–2), H221 [22JA]

Consideration of H.R. 807, Full Faith and Credit Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 202) (H. Rept. 113–52), H2483 [7MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3273, Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 373) (H. Rept. 113–243), H6411 [8OC]

Full Faith and Credit Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 807) (H. Rept. 113–48), H2400 [30AP]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 361) (H. Rept. 113–231), H5882 [26SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), H6395 [8OC]

Statements

No Budget, No Pay Act: David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Lee A. Casey, H244 [23JA]

——— Executive Office of the President, H241 [23JA]

——— Gregory D. Watson, H244 [23JA]

Public Debt Ceiling: President Obama (2006 and 2008), H6622 [16OC]

Summaries

Updated Estimates of National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Recommendations for Revenue and Spending Reforms, H386 [6FE]

Tables

Accounts with technical corrections in OMB Sequestration Preview Report, H4211 [8JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 39, consideration of H.R. 325, No Budget, No Pay Act, H227 [23JA]

H. Res. 202, consideration of H.R. 807, Full Faith and Credit Act, H2495 [8MY]

H. Res. 361, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act and same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H5938 [28SE]

H. Res. 373, consideration of H.J. Res. 89, excepted Federal employees pay continuing appropriations, H.J. Res. 90, FAA continuing appropriations, and H.R. 3273, Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act, H6371 [8OC]

H. Res. 391, consideration of H.R. 992, Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act, H.R.2374, Retail Investor Protection Act, and H.J. Res. 99, disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling, H6841 [29OC]

H.J. Res. 99, disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling, H6872 [29OC]

H.R. 325, No Budget, No Pay Act, H237 [23JA]

H.R. 668, require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit, H958 [5MR]

H.R. 807, Full Faith and Credit Act, H2539 [9MY]

H.R. 1765, Reducing Flight Delays Act, H2364 [26AP]

H.R. 3273, Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act, H6389 [8OC]

S. 8, End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act, S47 [22JA]

S. 788, suspend the fiscal year 2013 budget sequester and establish limits on war-related spending, S2901 [23AP]

S. 853, Reducing Flight Delays Act, S3059 [25AP]

S. 1569, Default Prevention Act, S7308 [8OC]

S. Res. 8, retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President, S223 [23JA]

S.J. Res. 7, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S715 [13FE]

S.J. Res. 26, disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling, S7580 [28OC]