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H Res 89 - Balanced Budget Request resolution - Key Vote
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Bennie Thompson voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation-Resolution.
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NOTE: THIS IS A SIMPLE RESOLUTION. SIMPLE RESOLUTIONS ARE USUALLY USED TO EXPRESS A SENSE OR POSITION OF ONE CHAMBER. SIMPLE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT ADVANCE TO THE OTHER CHAMBER, ARE NOT PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT, AND DO NOT CARRY THE WEIGHT OF LAW.
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Legislation-Resolution - Resolution Passed (House) (231-197) - March 12, 1997(Key vote)
Title: Balanced Budget Request resolution
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Vote to adopt a resolution that calls on the President to submit an up to date FY1998 budget to the House by April 7, 1997.
- Requests that the new budget be based on the most recent economic estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
- Calls for budget reduction through programmatic reforms, rather than alternative budgetary procedures such as spending cuts or eliminating tax cuts.
- Requests that a significant proportion of the budget's total savings be realized by FY2000.
- Calls for sufficient reforms to forestall the bankruptcy of Medicare.
Legislation-Resolution - Introduced (House) - March 11, 1997
Title: Balanced Budget Request resolution
Sponsors
- John E. Sununu (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Kay Granger (TX - R)
- Charles W. 'Chip' Pickering Jr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph R. 'Joe' Pitts (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
