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SRES 230 112th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Medicare Social security and elderly assistance

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any agreement to reduce the budget deficit should not include cuts to Social Security benefits or Medicare benefits.

Introduced: July 11, 2011 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Agreed to (Senate)
Jul 21, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4794-4795)
Jul 11, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4478)
Jul 11, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4488)
Jul 11, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any agreement to reduce the budget deficit should not include cuts to Social Security benefits or Medicare benefits.

What's happening now July 21, 2011

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4794-4795)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 20, 2011
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jul 11, 2011
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jul 11, 2011
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 11, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 230: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any agreement to reduce the budget deficit should not include cuts to Social Security benefits or Medicare benefits.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-230/
MLA
"S. Res. 230: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any agreement to reduce the budget deficit should not include cuts to Social Security benefits or Medicare benefits.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-230/.
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S. Res. 230, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-230/.
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[S. Res. 230: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any agreement to reduce the budget deficit should not include cuts to Social Security benefits or Medicare benefits.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-230/)
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