US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 68 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Introduced on July 30 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-30 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) work with Congress to secure passage of an increase in the statutory debt ceiling; (2) make clear that under no circumstances will the United States fail to pay its debts on time and in full; (3) make clear that, all other efforts failing, he will use his authority under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to ensure payment of all federal debts on time and in full; and (4) take any and all actions necessary to preserve the full faith and credit of the United States.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should ensure that the United States does not default on its debt by making every effort to negotiate passage of an increase in the statutory debt ceiling or, all such efforts failing, should use his authority under section 4 of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution to pay all debts of the United States as they come due.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HCR69 (Same As) 2011-08-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/68/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hconres68/BILLS-112hconres68ih.pdf