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H.R. 1255, The Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011
- This item is from the 112th Congress (2011-2012) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
- This bill, or a similar bill, was reintroduced in the current Congress as H.R. 1164, The Government Shutdown Prevention Act.
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H.R. 1255 would prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States.
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Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 3/30/2011: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Costs: $ per
and increases their $ share of the national debt by $.
(source: National Taxpayers Union Foundation)
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Shutdown Politics
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