PUBLIC DEBT related term(s) Budget—U.S.

Amendments

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), consideration (H. Res. 811), H3110 [11AP]

Articles and editorials

Conservatives Irate Over GOP’s Spending Hypocrisy, H3109 [11AP]

U.S. Government Is Set To Borrow Nearly $1 Trillion This Year, an 84 Percent Jump From Last Year, H823 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 811), H3094 [10AP]

——— exempt Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from any Federal balanced budget requirement (see H.R. 5466), H3146 [11AP]

——— modify congressional budget and appropriations process to provide fiscal stability (see H.R. 5214), H1500 [8MR]

Congress: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security, commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process, and call for passage of a balanced budget (see H. Res. 919), H4776 [5JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: require sale of distressed assets and distribute proceeds to low-income communities for infrastructure projects and deficit reduction (see H.R. 6104), H5199 [14JN]

Dept. of Justice: curtail use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund (see S. 3746), S7509 [12DE]

Federal aid programs: address rising national debt by encouraging Members of the House to introduce and support legislation to cut at least $100 million from Federal programs each year (see H. Res. 885), H3885 [9MY]

Government: 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. 2309), S187 [16JA]

House Rules: require replacement of the Speaker on the first day of the second session of a Congress if the most recent fiscal year ended with a significant Federal budget deficit (see H. Res. 800), H2042 [22MR]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (see H.R. 4782), H169 [11JA]

Puerto Rico: require disclosure of connections to debtors, creditors, or parties of interest to debt restructuring by professionals involved in the process of such restructuring (see H.R. 7355), H10336 [19DE]

Taxation: provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to pay down the public debt (see H.R. 5067), H1217 [16FE]

Territories: provide the option of discharging certain unsecured financial obligations, allocate funds to eligible Puerto Rican creditors whose debt was terminated, and audit causes of Puerto Rico’s debt (see S. 3262), S5360 [25JY] (see H.R. 6827), H8725 [13SE]

Wasteful Defense Spending Reduction Commission: establish (see H.R. 5821), H3976 [15MY]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Nancy LeaMond, AARP (organization), H3107 [11AP], H3190 [12AP]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H3190 [12AP]

Lists

Organizations opposed to H.J. Res. 2, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H3187–H3189 [12AP]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2019: President Trump, S870 [12FE], H1080 [13FE]

Remarks in House

Arizona: convening of national convention of States to discuss constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, E25 [10JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H3091 [10AP], H3153, H3157, H3158, H3160, H3162–H3193, H3204 [12AP], H3230, H3307 [13AP], E455 [13AP], E493 [18AP]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), consideration (H. Res. 811), H3105–H3112 [11AP]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 107), H23 [9JA], H3189 [12AP]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 109), H3174 [12AP]

——— deficit, H23, H77 [9JA], H782 [5FE], H981 [8FE], H1737 [21MR], H2038 [22MR], H3067 [10AP], H3104 [11AP], H3391–H3394 [17AP], H3581 [26AP], H4374 [22MY], H4859 [7JN], H6119 [12JY], H7655, H7657 [25JY], H9141 [27SE], H10115 [12DE]

——— exempt Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from any Federal balanced budget requirement, H3107–H3109 [11AP], H3175 [12AP], E493 [18AP]

——— impact of sequestration, H7706 [26JY]

——— reform entitlement programs, H3391–H3394 [17AP], H3459, H3494, H3495 [24AP], H9142 [27SE]

Congress: legislative priorities, H495 [18JA]

——— prohibit recesses until adoption of a concurrent budget resolution that results in a balanced budget (H.R. 1936), H4149 [17MY]

Economy: status, H5002, H5003 [8JN], H9141–H9143 [27SE]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by Hurricane Maria, H177 [16JA]

Immigration: economic impact of illegal immigration, H1130 [14FE]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, H72–H75 [9JA], H399–H401 [16JA], H489 [18JA], H3230 [13AP], H3497 [24AP], H5001–H5003 [8JN], H6577 [19JY], H7648, H7649 [25JY], E1084 [26JY]

——— impact on budget deficit, H3383 [17AP]

Taxation: provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to pay down the public debt (H.R. 5067), H3456 [24AP]

Washington, George: assessment of farewell address, H9143–H9147 [27SE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: allocation of funds, S2659 [15MY]

——— deficit, S817, S827, S828, S831, S832, S834–S838 [8FE], S848 [9FE], S1888, S1913 [22MR], S2210 [17AP], S2311–S2313 [19AP], S2736–S2743, S2746 [17MY], S7413 [11DE], S7648 [17DE], S7978 [20DE]

——— reform entitlement programs, S828 [8FE], S2742, S2745 [17MY]

——— reform process, S7648 [17DE]

——— status report, S292 [18JA], S1280–S1283 [28FE], S2113–S2117 [12AP], S3024–S3027 [6JN], S5059 [18JY], S7037 [15NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): rename as Committee on Debt Control (Senate), S4473 [27JN], S7648 [17DE]

Dept. of Defense: funding through reductions in domestic priorities funding, S3965 [18JN]

Dept. of Justice: curtail use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund, S7758, S7759 [18DE]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Trump administration, S6130 [12SE], S7978 [20DE]

Government: ceiling, S822 [8FE], S1705 [14MR]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (S. 2165), S30 [4JA]

Puerto Rico: establish an oversight board to assist Puerto Rico in managing its public finances, S2783 [21MY]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, S1801 [20MR], S2048, S2063–S2066 [11AP], S2087 [12AP]

——— impact on budget deficit, S1995 [9AP], S2741 [17MY]

Reports

Arizona Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) Planning Convention: Representative Gosar, E25 [10JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act and H.J. Res. 2, Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 811) (H. Rept. 115–629), H3094 [10AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 811, consideration of H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act and H.J. Res. 2, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H3105 [11AP]

H.J. Res. 2, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H3162 [12AP]