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SRES 185 105th Congress Senate Social Welfare Budget surpluses Congress Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Government trust funds Legislation Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social security finance

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Congress should save Social Security first and should finance any tax cuts or new investments with other funds until legislation is enacted to…

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A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Congress should save Social Security first and should finance any tax cuts or new investments with other funds until legislation is enacted to make Social Security actuarially sound and capable of paying future retirees the benefits to which they are entitled.

Introduced: February 26, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Feb 26, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 26, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1080)
Feb 26, 1998
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should save social security first by reserving any unified budget surplus until legislation is enacted to make social security actuarially sound and capable of paying future retirees the benefits to which they are entitled.

What's happening now February 26, 1998

Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Feb 26, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 185: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Congress should save Social Security first and should finance any tax cuts or new investments with other funds until legislation is enacted to make Social Security actuarially sound and capable of paying future retirees the benefits to which they are entitled.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-185/
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"S. Res. 185: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Congress should save Social Security first and should finance any tax cuts or new investments with other funds until legislation is enacted to make Social Security actuarially sound and capable of paying future retirees the benefits to which they are entitled.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-185/.
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S. Res. 185, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-185/.
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[S. Res. 185: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Congress should save Social Security first and should finance any tax cuts or new investments with other funds until legislation is enacted to make Social Security actuarially sound and capable of paying future retirees the benefits to which they are entitled.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-185/)
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