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P.L. 111-139, Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt
- This item is from the 111th Congress (2009-2010) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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H.J. Res. 45 would increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
Detailed Summary
<b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b>
Increases the statutory limit on the public debt from $12.104 trillion to $13.29 trillion.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 4/30/2009: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Steve Walczyk
February 2, 2010, 8:00am (report abuse)I just want what you have in health care and retirement. It just makes sence for me to have the same care as you, since I am paying for you to have it. Let’s get the paying people taking care of first then we will work on the less fortunate people second.
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