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S 1341 112th Congress Senate Congress Budget deficits and national debt Government information and archives Legislative rules and procedure Senate

A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.

Introduced: July 11, 2011 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Jul 21, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4765-4767)
Jul 11, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Jul 11, 2011
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes it out of order in the Senate to proceed to any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been available on a public website for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.

What's happening now July 21, 2011

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4765-4767)

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