S.Amdt. 4362
What it does: Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CALCULATE THE PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT THAT HAS RESULTED FROM PRESIDENT BUSH'S FISCAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TO RECOMMEND EQUITABLE METHODS FOR PAYING DOWN THAT PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT at the end of title III
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)What it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 70 · shown in the resolution's text
Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CALCULATE THE PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT THAT HAS RESULTED FROM PRESIDENT BUSH'S FISCAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TO RECOMMEND EQUITABLE METHODS FOR PAYING DOWN THAT PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT at the end of title III
Adds a sectionIn S.Con.Res. 70 · Placed on Calendar Senate
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would authorize salary adjustments for justices and judges of the United States or increase the number of Federal judgeships, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
Inserted: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CALCULATE THE PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT THAT HAS RESULTED FROM PRESIDENT BUSH'S FISCAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TO RECOMMEND EQUITABLE METHODS FOR PAYING DOWN THAT PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
Inserted: The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would establish a commission to calculate and study the portion of the national debt that resulted from President George W. Bush's fiscal and economic policies, including the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 and the funding and operation of the war in Iraq, and to recommend equitable methods for paying down that portion of the national debt, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
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At the end of title III, add the following:
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SA 4362. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CALCULATE THE PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT THAT HAS RESULTED FROM PRESIDENT BUSH'S FISCAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TO RECOMMEND EQUITABLE METHODS FOR PAYING DOWN THAT PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would establish a commission to calculate and study the portion of the national debt that resulted from President George W. Bush's fiscal and economic policies, including the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 and the funding and operation of the war in Iraq, and to recommend equitable methods for paying down that portion of the national debt, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 13, 2008