PUBLIC DEBT see also Budget—U.S.

Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S521–S526 [28JA], H1473–H1478 [28JA]

Amendments

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 475), H1738 [11FE]

Articles and editorials

Fed’s $4 Trillion in Assets Draw Lawmakers’ Scrutiny, S58 [7JA]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: increase the statutory public debt ceiling, require House and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the budget, and restrict new entitlement spending (see H.R. 4027), H1718 [10FE]

——— replace process for establishing the debt ceiling with a formula based on the ratio of debt to gross domestic product and reduce pay of Members of Congress for failing to meet fiscal sustainability targets (see H.R. 4021), H1718 [10FE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution or pass regular appropriation bills on a timely basis (see H.R. 4043), H1770 [11FE]

Congress: prohibit recesses until adoption of a concurrent budget resolution that results in a balanced budget (see H.R. 4896), H5494 [18JN]

——— prohibit recesses until adoption of a concurrent budget resolution that results in a balanced budget and control travel budgets (see S. 2313), S2875 [8MY]

Dept. of HUD: allow Community Development Block Grant Program grant recipients to return unused funds to the U.S. Treasury for debt reduction (see H.R. 5653), H7886 [18SE]

Government: appropriately manage debt by limiting use of extraordinary measures (see S. 2877), S5782 [18SE]

——— 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 (H.R. 3372), consideration (see H. Res. 459), H223 [14JA]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 475), H1718 [10FE]

Members of Congress: reduce rates of basic pay if a Federal budget deficit existed in the most recent fiscal year (see H.R. 3993), H1658 [5FE]

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. 4956), H5724 [24JN]

Senate: establish a point of order against legislation selling Federal land in order to reduce the deficit (see S. Res. 483), S3939 [24JN]

Telecommunications: create a Federal Spectrum Reallocation Commission and provide for the use of a portion of the proceeds from the auction of reallocated Federal spectrum for deficit reduction (see S. 2155), S1731 [25MR]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Representative Jason T. Smith, E636 [30AP]

Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act: several organizations, H1754 [11FE]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2015: President Obama, S1278–S1280 [4MR], H2122–H2125 [4MR]

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2015—Appendix, Analytical Perspectives, and Historical Tables: President Obama, S1415 [10MR], H2264 [11MR]

Remarks in House

Budget: allocation of funds, H2687 [26MR], H2731, H2732 [27MR]

——— balance, H3028, H3030 [8AP], H3161 [10AP], H8070 [18NO]

——— comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H3101, H3103 [9AP]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced, H1703 [10FE]

——— deficit, H1712 [10FE], H1943 [26FE], H2364 [13MR], H2952 [4AP], H3026, H3030, H3035–H3039 [8AP], H3080, H3084, H3086 [9AP], H3161 [10AP], H3468 [7MY], H5059 [30MY], H5761–H5765 [25JN], H6300, H6339–H6341 [16JY], H8289 [3DE], E6 [7JA], E25 [8JA], E40 [9JA], E55 [13JA], E69 [14JA], E80 [15JA], E97 [16JA], E117 [27JA], E131 [28JA], E155 [3FE], E170 [5FE], E184 [10FE], E199 [11FE], E242 [25FE], E253 [26FE], E266 [27FE], E282 [28FE], E298 [4MR], E308 [5MR], E328 [6MR], E365 [12MR], E376 [13MR], E396 [14MR], E421 [24MR], E435 [25MR], E447 [26MR], E460 [27MR], E480 [1AP], E494 [2AP], E504 [3AP], E519 [4AP], E538 [7AP], E552 [8AP], E559 [9AP], E590 [28AP], E620 [29AP], E637 [30AP], E663 [1MY], E685 [6MY], E700 [7MY], E715 [8MY], E766 [19MY], E802 [21MY], E822 [22MY], E842 [28MY], E870 [29MY], E893 [30MY], E962 [11JN], E969 [12JN], E1000 [17JN], E1030 [20JN], E1050 [23JN], E1058 [24JN], E1067 [25JN], E1082 [26JN], E1115 [8JY], E1124 [9JY], E1138 [10JY], E1145 [11JY], E1149 [14JY], E1158 [15JY], E1170 [16JY], E1186 [17JY], E1201 [22JY], E1213 [23JY], E1224 [24JY], E1234 [25JY], E1248 [28JY], E1260 [29JY], E1270 [30JY], E1287 [31JY], E1321 [1AU], E1352 [8SE], E1364 [9SE], E1376 [10SE], E1394 [11SE], E1399 [15SE], E1413 [16SE], E1431 [17SE], E1456 [19SE], E1529 [12NO], E1560 [13NO], E1581 [14NO], E1603 [17NO], E1616 [18NO], E1633 [19NO], E1671 [1DE], E1698 [2DE], E1713 [3DE], E1741 [4DE], E1753 [8DE], E1758 [9DE], E1791 [10DE], E1817 [12DE]

——— reduce the deficit by ending tax loopholes, H3028 [8AP]

——— reform entitlement programs, H5762–H5764 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY]

Congress: legislative priorities, H32, H33 [8JA], H1554, H1555 [4FE], H5885 [9JY], H6113, H6114 [11JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1550 [4FE], H8067–H8070 [18NO]

——— reduce Federal spending to provide stable economic environment for private sector productivity and job creation, H2305 [12MR]

FRS: reform monetary policy to promote goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates, H5358–H5361 [12JN]

Government: ceiling, H1483 [29JA], H1681, H1682 [6FE], H1701, H1707, H1708–H1713 [10FE], E269 [27FE]

——— 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 (H.R. 233), H33 [8JA], H1601 [5FE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling, H1749–H1758 [11FE], E222 [21FE]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 475), H1731–H1739 [11FE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H1943 [26FE], H7424–H7426 [10SE], H7905 [12NO]

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 (H.R. 4956), H5754 [25JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5261 [11JN]

Taxation: reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers, H3027 [8AP]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: allocation of funds, S1298–S1300 [5MR]

——— clarify rules for use of reserve fund, S67 [7JA]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced, S783 [6FE], S876 [11FE]

——— deficit, S5, S16 [6JA], S107 [8JA], S613 [30JA], S749 [4FE], S782 [6FE], S925, S933 [12FE], S1196–S1199 [27FE], S1854 [31MR], S2141–S2143 [3AP], S2352–S2354 [10AP], S5175 [31JY]

CBO: release of economic impact report on S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S3212–S3214 [21MY]

——— release of report on economic impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S781–S783 [6FE]

Congress: legislative priorities, S11 [6JA]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S427 [16JA]

FRS: reform monetary policy to promote economic growth and minimize risk, S12 [6JA], S59, S66 [7JA]

Government: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling, S915 [12FE]

National objectives: economic recovery, S6255–S6257 [2DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S509–S512 [28JA]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S876 [11FE]

Senate: establish a point of order against legislation selling Federal land in order to reduce the deficit (S. Res. 483), S3944 [24JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of S. 540, Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 478) (H. Rept. 113–351), H1769 [11FE]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 475) (H. Rept. 113–350), H1718 [10FE]

Tables

Federal Government spending outlays, H1751 [11FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 82, corrections in enrollment of S. 540, Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act, H1759 [11FE]

H. Res. 475, clarify House proceedings and actions during February district work period and same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H1731 [11FE]

H. Res. 475, consideration of S. 540, Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act, H1748 [11FE]

S. 540, Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act, S933 [12FE], H1752 [11FE]

S. Res. 483, Senate point of order against legislation selling Federal land in order to reduce the deficit, S3944 [24JN]