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SRES 231 111th Congress Senate

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any health care reform proposal should slow the long-term growth of health costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending.

Introduced: July 30, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jul 30, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8566-8567)
Jul 30, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8567)
Jul 30, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 30, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8566-8567)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any health care reform proposal should: (1) reduce total spending on health care in the United States during the next decade to below current projections by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and (2) reduce the growth rate of federal health care spending.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jul 30, 2009
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 30, 2009
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jul 30, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 231: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any health care reform proposal should slow the long-term growth of health costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-231/
MLA
"S. Res. 231: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any health care reform proposal should slow the long-term growth of health costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-231/.
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S. Res. 231, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-231/.
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[S. Res. 231: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any health care reform proposal should slow the long-term growth of health costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-231/)
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