To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address our Nations long term fiscal problems.
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Senate amendment submitted
April 1, 2009
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Senate amendment submitted
April 1, 2009
Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 835 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 54. Record Vote Number: 123.
April 1, 2009
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 835 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 54. Record Vote Number: 123.
April 1, 2009
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 835 proposed by Senator Gregg.(consideration: CR S4123-4125, S4129, S4147-4148; text: CR S4123)
April 1, 2009
Amendment SA 835 proposed by Senator Gregg. (consideration: CR S4123-4125, S4129, S4147-4148; text: CR S4123) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address our Nations long term fiscal problems.
April 1, 2009
Amendment SA 835 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 54. Record Vote Number: 123.
April 1, 2009
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1 roll call on this amendment
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SA 835. Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Isakson) proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as follows: On page 49, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS OUR NATIONS LONG TERM FISCAL PROBLEMS. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference [[Page S4206]] reports that would authorize the creation of a bipartisan task force to examine the long term fiscal imbalances facing our Nation and directs the bipartisan task force to report, with the majority approval of each participating party, legislative recommendations to address those imbalances, and provides legislative fast track procedures to ensure a vote on the legislative recommendations, by the amount provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019. ______