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Key Votes
HR 3578 - Amends Budget Baseline - Key Vote
National Key Votes
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Stages
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - Feb. 6, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (235-177) - Feb. 3, 2012(Key vote)
Title: Amends Budget Baseline
Vote Result
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Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that eliminates the inflation adjustment from the formula used to calculate the federal budget baseline.
Highlights:
- Repeals the inflation adjustment from the formula used to calculate the budget baseline, and specifies that the baseline shall consist only of estimated and current-year appropriations (Sec. 2).
- Defines the “baseline” as an annual projection of the current year budget and the surplus or deficit for the current year, the budget year, and the 9 subsequent years (Sec. 2).
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Justin Amash (MI - R)
- Rick Berg (ND - R) (Out Of Office)
- Diane L. Black (TN - R)
- Jason Chaffetz (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeffrey D. 'Jeff' Duncan (SC - R)
- William H. 'Bill' Flores (TX - R)
- Louie Gohmert (TX - R)
- Jeb Hensarling (TX - R)
- Tim Huelskamp (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy V. 'Tim' Johnson (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Adam Kinzinger (IL - R)
- John P. Kline (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Lankford (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Donald A. 'Don' Manzullo (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom McClintock (CA - R)
- Michael John 'Mick' Mulvaney (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Erik Paulsen (MN - R)
- Reid J. Ribble (WI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Todd Rokita (IN - R)
- Paul D. Ryan (WI - R)
- Marlin A. Stutzman (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Todd C. Young (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
