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SRES 215 113th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Congressional oversight Intergovernmental relations State and local finance

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not bail out any State.

Introduced: August 1, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Aug 1, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6237)
Aug 1, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that: (1) the federal government should take no action to redeem, assume, or guarantee any state debt; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury should report to Congress any negotiations to engage in actions that would result in an outlay of federal funds on behalf of state creditors.

What's happening now August 1, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6237)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Aug 1, 2013
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Aug 1, 2013
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Johnson, Ron
Wisconsin · Aug 1, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 215: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not bail out any State.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-SRES-215/
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"S. Res. 215: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not bail out any State.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-SRES-215/.
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S. Res. 215, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-SRES-215/.
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