Bill Title: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security or veterans benefits, or to increase the tax burden on low- and middle-income taxpayers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2967) [SCR15 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Senator Tom Harkin [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-IA	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Begich [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AK	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Richard Blumenthal [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Sherrod Brown [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Maria Cantwell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Al Franken [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MN	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Kay Hagan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NC	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Heidi Heitkamp [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ND	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mazie Hirono [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Frank Lautenberg [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NJ	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Patrick Leahy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jeff Merkley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Barbara Mikulski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Christopher Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Pryor [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AR	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jack Reed [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-RI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Rockefeller [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WV	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Bernard Sanders [I]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Brian Schatz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Debbie Stabenow [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Elizabeth Warren [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-RI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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