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SRES 268 116th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Budget deficits and national debt Congressional oversight Employee benefits and pensions Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government lending and loan guarantees Intergovernmental relations State and local finance State and local government operations

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

Introduced: June 27, 2019 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4636)
Jun 27, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that (1) the federal government should not redeem, assume, or guarantee any debt, including pension obligations, of a state; and (2) the Department 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 creditors of a state.

What's happening now June 27, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4636)

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 268: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not bail out any State.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-268/
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"S. Res. 268: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not bail out any State.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-268/.
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S. Res. 268, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-268/.
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[S. Res. 268: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not bail out any State.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-268/)
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