US HR733 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-0)
Status: Introduced on July 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any deal on taxes and spending to replace the Budget Control Act of 2011 should: (1) not cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits; (2) contain serious revenue increases, including closing corporate tax loopholes and increasing individual income tax rates for the highest earners; (3) significantly reduce defense spending to focus the U.S. Armed Forces on combating 21st century risks; and (4) promote economic growth and expanded economic opportunity by including strong levels of job-creating federal investments in areas such as infrastructure and education, and by promoting private investment.

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Title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any deal replacing the Budget Control Act of 2011 should contain serious revenue increases and no Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefit cuts.

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-07-20HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-07-19HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2012-07-18HouseReferred to House Education and the Workforce
2012-07-18HouseReferred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2012-07-18HouseReferred to House Armed Services
2012-07-18HouseReferred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-07-18HouseReferred to House Ways and Means
2012-07-18HouseReferred to House Budget
2012-07-18HouseReferred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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