H Res 89 - Balanced Budget Request resolution - National Key Vote
Roy Blunt voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation-Resolution.
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Timeline
- House Resolution Passed
- March 12, 1997
- Introduced
- March 11, 1997
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Title: Balanced Budget Request resolution
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
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.
Highlights:
- 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.
Title: Balanced Budget Request resolution
More Info About this Vote
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.