111th Congress: Action on Budget & Fiscal Responsibility

During the 111th Congress, I have agreed to co-sponsor the following selected measures which deal with policies affecting budget and fiscal responsibility of the federal government. This is not a comprehensive list of all the legislation I have co-sponsored related to budget and fiscal responsibility issues. You can view a comprehensive list at the Legislation Co-Sponsored Section of this site or through the Library of Congress Thomas site.

Legislation I have supported includes:

• S. 47 and S.. 71.  A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services.  Introduced January 6, 2009.
• S. 154.  A bill to require the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in the preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law. Introduced January 6, 2009.
• S. 541.  A bill to increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.   Introduced March 5, 2009.
  
• S. 567.  A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates.  Introduced March 11, 2009.
• S. 907. A bill to establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of certain proposals by the President to rescind amounts of budget authority.  Introduced April 28, 2009.
• An amendment during Budget Committee consideration of the FY 2010 budget which would require a debt disclosure statement to be included in the annual budget resolution.  Approved in committee, March 26, 2009; dropped in conference.
• An amendment during Budget Committee consideration of the FY 2010 budget which would protect the dedicated Crime Victims Fund from being raided for other purposes.  Approved in committee, March 26, 2009; dropped in conference.
• S.Amdt. 844. Offered during floor consideration of the FY 2010 budget.  It would impose discretionary spending caps.  Failed by a vote of 43-55 on April 1, 2009.

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