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S Con Res 70 - Concurrent Budget Resolution - Key Vote
Barack Obama II voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- June 5, 2008 House Conference Report Adopted
- June 4, 2008 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- May 14, 2008 House Resolution Passed
- March 14, 2008 Senate Resolution Passed
- March 7, 2008 Senate Introduced
Family
- S Con Res 70 -
- S Amdt 4347 - Earmark Moratorium
- S Amdt 4299 - Expressing the Sense of the Senate on the Legalization of Importing Certain Prescription Drugs
- S Amdt 4233 - Codifying the Definition of a Child Eligible for SCHIP
- S Amdt 4231 - Immigration Enforcement and Border Fence Amendment
- S Amdt 4259 - Immigration Enforcement and Employer Sanctions Amendment
Issues
- Defense
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Health Issues
- Welfare and Poverty
- Senior and Social Security Issues
- Military Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS IS A NON-BINDING CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT SETS THE FUNDING LEVEL FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. IT IS NOT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THEREFORE DOES NOT HOLD THE WEIGHT OF LAW, BUT IS USED AS A GUIDE FOR CONGRESS AS IT PASSES THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND OTHER BILLS.
Stage Details
Legislation-Resolution - Conference Report Adopted (House) - June 5, 2008
Legislation-Resolution - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) - June 4, 2008
Legislation-Resolution - Resolution Passed (House) - May 14, 2008
Legislation-Resolution - Resolution Passed (Senate) - March 14, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Concurrent Budget Resolution
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a concurrent resolution that recommends that for fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 the total federal revenues be $13.59 trillion, the total new budget authority be $15.95 trillion, and the total budget outlays be $15.95 trillion.
Highlight: -Recommends the following new budget authorities for specific categories in fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013: -$3.56 trillion for National Defense -$2.79 trillion for Medicare -$2.49 trillion for Income Security -$2.03 trillion for Health -$577.28 billion for Veterans Benefits and Services -$479.81 billion for Transportation -$155.31 billion for Social Security -Provides a total of $4.52 trillion for Social Security Revenues in fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 (Sec. 102). -Prohibits the consideration in the Senate of bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would produce an increase in deficits in any of the four 10-year periods after the adoption of the most recent budget resolution, unless approved by a three-fifths majority (Sec. 201). -Sets discretionary spending limits at $1.01 trillion in new budget authority and $1.11 trillion in outlays for fiscal year 2009 (Sec. 211). -Mandates that budget resolutions in the Senate must contain debt disclosure sections that specify the effect that the budget resolution would have on the gross federal debt, as well as the amounts from the Social Security surplus that the budget resolution projects will be spent on things other than Social Security (Sec. 223). -Discloses that this budget resolution will increase the gross federal debt by $2 trillion -- representing an increase of $6,440 per citizen -- during the period from fiscal years 2008 to 2013 (Sec. 224). -Discloses that this budget resolution projects $800 billion of the Social Security surplus (which represents 70 percent of the surplus) will be spent on things other than Social Security during the period from fiscal years 2009 to 2013 (Sec. 224). -Allows the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise budget levels to extend tax credits; to provide economic assistance to needy families, needy children, or the unemployed; to provide housing assistance; to reinstate pre-1993 rates for the Alternative Minimum Tax for individuals; or to repeal the 1993 increase of the income tax on Social Security benefits, provided that such revisions would not increase the budget deficit (Secs. 301, 309-310). -Allows the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise budget levels to provide increased funding for education, education-related programs, or education reform efforts, provided that such revisions would not increase the budget deficit (Secs. 302, 329). -Allows the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise budget levels to provide for investment in "clean energy," environmental preservation efforts, or efforts to increase energy efficiency, provided that such revisions would not increase the budget deficit (Secs. 304, 311). -Allows the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise budget levels to provide for medical care and other benefits and programs for veterans; to provide for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); to expand Medicare; to fund traumatic brain injury programs; or to fund efforts to increase Americans' access to "quality and affordable health insurance," provided that such revisions would not increase the budget deficit (Secs. 305-306, 319, 331). -Allows the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise budget levels to fund immigration reform, enforcement of immigration laws, and border security efforts, provided that such revisions would not increase the budget deficit (Secs. 312-313). -Expresses the Senate's strong support for legislation that would legalize the importation of prescription drugs from "highly industrialized countries with safe pharmaceutical infrastructures" and expresses the Senate's desire to have an up or down vote to pass such legislation during 2008 (Sec. 336).
Legislation-Resolution - Introduced (Senate) - March 7, 2008
Title: Concurrent Budget Resolution
