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SRES 274 112th Congress Senate

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for the Federal Pell Grant program should not be cut in any deficit reduction program.

Introduced: September 22, 2011 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Education Budget deficits and national debtEducation programs fundingHigher educationStudent aid and college costs
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Sep 22, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5919)
Sep 22, 2011
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 Latest action September 22, 2011

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5919)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that funding for the federal Pell Grant program should not be cut in any deficit reduction package.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 22, 2011
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 22, 2011
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Sep 22, 2011
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 22, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 274: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for the Federal Pell Grant program should not be cut in any deficit reduction program.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-274/
MLA
"S. Res. 274: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for the Federal Pell Grant program should not be cut in any deficit reduction program.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-274/.
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S. Res. 274, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-274/.
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[S. Res. 274: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for the Federal Pell Grant program should not be cut in any deficit reduction program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-274/)
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