SRES 226
112th Congress
Senate
Economics and Public Finance
Budget deficits and national debt
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President does not have the authority to ignore the statutory debt limit by ordering the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing debt on the full faith and credit of the United States.
Introduced: July 7, 2011
Introduced by:
Graham, Lindsey
Republican
· South Carolina
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 7, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4454)
Jul 7, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President does not have the authority to ignore the statutory debt limit by ordering the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing debt on the full faith and credit of the United States.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4454)
Committees of jurisdiction
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