S.2853 - Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2009

A bill to establish a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to assure the long-term fiscal stability and economic security of the Federal Government of the United States, and to expand future prosperity growth for all Americans. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to establish a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to assure the long-term fiscal stability and economic security of the Federal Government of the United States, and to expand future prosperity growth for all Americans. as introduced.
  • Short: Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2009 as introduced.

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12/01/10
What your representatives are doing (or not) about Quantitative ...

This is why I co-sponsored bipartisan legislation (S.2853) proposed by Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) to create an 18-member task force to address our nation's long-term budget crisis. The task force would be charged ...

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11/13/10
BizarroIndustries » The Deficit Panel and Why You Should Care

To Obama's credit he actually didn't want the failure of S.2853 to be the end of the debate on the country's looming deficit crisis. On January 28 2010 he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. ...

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11/04/10
CED Statement on Extension of Tax Cuts

S. 2853 should establish thereafter discretionary spending caps adjusted only for inflation, and a pay-as-you-go rule applying to all mandatory spending increases and tax cuts. The choice of deadlines for both the commission report and ...

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10/10/10
TRANSACTION TAX (1%) « Tadpole's Outdoor Blog

Harry Reid (NV) and S.2853 introduced by Sen. Conrad Kent (ND). These Senate bills mostly are concerned with the establishment of another federal agency which reports to the President, the Vice President and Speaker of the House and ...

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10/09/10
Gunner's Views: New Taxes

The Senate versions, S. 2965 by Senator John Ensign (R-NV) and S. 2853 by Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), are both in the Senate Budget Committee. Conrad's bill only establishes the Commission that Fatah's bill calls for. ...

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10/04/10
1% TRANSACTION TAX | Herbert W. Perry and Associates

Harry Reid (NV) and S.2853 introduced by Sen. Conrad Kent (ND). These Senate bills mostly are concerned with the establishment of another federal agency which reports to the President, the Vice President and Speaker of the House and ...

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09/18/10
Thoughts for Today: 1% TRANSACTION TAX - Beginning of European ...

Harry Reid (NV) and S.2853 introduced by Sen. Conrad Kent (ND). These Senate bills mostly are concerned with the establishment of another federal agency which reports to the President, the Vice President and Speaker of the House and ...

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09/08/10
Hello Michigan: H.R.4646 Title: Debt Free America Act -

Related Bills: H.R.4646, S.10, S.2853. Latest Major Action: 1/28/2010 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. Newsmax: A proposed tax on financial transactions "has a great deal of ...

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08/17/10
PolitiFact | DNC chairman says Republicans blocked move to cut the ...

Thomas Congressional Library, S.2853 Co-sponsor index page, accessed Aug. 18, 2010. The Washington Post, Obama establishes bipartisan commission on national debt, by Michael D. Shear, Feb. 18, 2010. E-mail interview, Brandi Hoffine, ...

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08/17/10
PolitiFact | DNC chairman says Republicans blocked move to cut the ...

Thomas Congressional Library, S.2853 Co-sponsor index page, accessed Aug. 18, 2010. The Washington Post, Obama establishes bipartisan commission on national debt, by Michael D. Shear, Feb. 18, 2010. E-mail interview, Brandi Hoffine, ...

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07/24/10
Wasteful Government Spending - (Jacksonville, Florida) - High ...

That's why I am an original cosponsor of S.2853, the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2009, a bill that would expedite commonsense solutions to the nation's long-term fiscal challenges.

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06/28/10
Senator Nelson, help reduce our nation's $12.9 trillion debt ...

But then there is this, “I am an original cosponsor of S.2853, the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2009, a bill that would expedite commonsense solutions”. Isn't this the JOB of Congress? ...

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05/26/10
GOP Won't Win as the Party of “No” | FrumForum

U.S. Senators Bennett, Brownback, Crapo, Ensign and Inhofe: you CO-SPONSORED S. 2853 (The Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action) but then voted AGAINST it. It would have fast tracked up or down votes (Senate and House) on ...

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05/20/10
Financial regulation: a sort of major win. | The Platform | STLtoday

U.S. Senators Bennett, Brownback, Crapo, Ensign and Inhofe: you CO-SPONSORED S. 2853 (The Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action) but then voted AGAINST it. It would have fast tracked up or down votes (Senate and House) on ...

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03/30/10
Fake Emails - Not A Good Sign (update) - NASA Watch

On January 26, 2010, the Senate voted on S.2853 as an amendment to H.J.RES.45, a bill to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. This amendment did not receive the 60 votes necessary for passage, with the final vote count ...

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03/28/10
Staringfrog.com | FOX News Isn't News. It's a Political Operation.

S. 2853 from late 2009? I tend to believe the Library of Congress has it right. 7. steel1968. March 29th, 2010 23:57. Yeah, at this point, I don't know what to tell you. At some point you have to be willing to do your own homework. ...

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03/25/10
Not My Father's GOP… « An Idiot's Soliloquy

Here's the summary (all from OpenCongress): For S.2853, Proposing the creation of a bipartisan commission to make binding recommendations for cutting the Federal budget deficit, the sponsor summary: ...

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03/16/10
Fake Emails - Not A Good Sign - NASA Watch

On January 26, 2010, the Senate voted on S.2853 as an amendment to H.J.RES.45, a bill to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. This amendment did not receive the 60 votes necessary for passage, with the final vote count ...

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03/11/10
LexisNexis News - Latest News from over 4000 sources, including ...

Crapo, who originally co-sponsored legislation to set up a similar commission (S. 2853), holds strong objections to increasing taxes as a way to reduce the federal deficit. He explained, "As the legislation moved forward, it became more ...

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03/11/10
Idaho Conservative Blogger: CRAPO NAMED TO NATIONAL COMMISSION ON ...

Crapo, who originally co-sponsored legislation to set up a similar commission (S. 2853), holds strong objections to increasing taxes as a way to reduce the federal deficit. He explained, “As the legislation moved forward, it became more ...

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02/15/10
RADAMISTO: ANOTHER REASON BAYH IS A BITCH

26, 2010, when the Conrad-Gregg bill, originally introduced as S. 2853, came for a vote in the Senate, it fell seven votes shy of the Senate's 60-vote threshold for passage, garnering 53 yeas and 46 nays, with one senator not voting. ...

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02/07/10
The BRAC Model for Spending Reform | Mercatus

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2009, S. 2853, 111th Cong., 1st sess., 2009. President Obama has endorsed this proposal. See White House Office of the Press Secretary, "Statement by the President on a ...

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02/02/10
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » The Not-So Magnificent Seven

The measure would have passed with 60 votes if only seven additional Republicans who had co-sponsored S. 2853 had voted for it. Instead, those seven—Robert Bennett of Utah, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Mike Crapo of Idaho, John Ensign of ...

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02/02/10
H.J.Res.45: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 - U.S. Congress ...

On January 26, 2010, the Senate voted on S.2853 as an amendment to H.J.RES.45, a bill to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. This amendment did not receive the 60 votes necessary for passage, with the final vote count . ...

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02/02/10
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » In Case I Have Not Stressed It Enough

Absolutely reamed her for sponsoring and then un-sponsoring S. 2853, the bill for the bipartisan task force for fiscal action. She was one of the Gang of Seven who vanished, that President Obama mentioned. Asked why she un-sponsored it. ...

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02/02/10
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » In Case I Have Not Stressed It Enough

Absolutely reamed her for sponsoring and then un-sponsoring S. 2853, the bill for the bipartisan task force for fiscal action. She was one of the Gang of Seven who vanished, that President Obama mentioned. Asked why she un-sponsored it. ...

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02/01/10
OPINION Blog | The Dallas Morning News

"The measure would have passed with 60 votes if only seven additional Republicans who had co-sponsored S. 2853 had voted for it. Instead, those seven -- Robert Bennett of Utah, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Mike Crapo of Idaho, ...

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01/31/10
PolitiFact | McConnell reverses position on Conrad-Gregg budget ...

As we indicated earlier, McConnell was not a co-sponsor of S. 2853. However, he is not only on record praising the measure just eight months earlier but is also on record saying that he had praised it on numerous occasions. ...

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01/31/10
PolitiFact | McConnell reverses position on Conrad-Gregg budget ...

26, 2010, when the Conrad-Gregg bill, originally introduced as S. 2853, came for a vote in the Senate, it fell seven votes shy of the Senate's 60-vote threshold for passage, garnering 53 yeas and 46 nays, with one senator not voting. ...

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01/31/10
economics blog: "Deficit Peacock" Mike Crapo

26, 2010, when the Conrad-Gregg bill, originally introduced as S. 2853, came for a vote in the Senate, it fell seven votes shy of the Senate's 60-vote threshold for passage, garnering 53 yeas and 46 nays, with one senator not voting. ...

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