S. Con. Res. 70 would set forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
Detailed Summary
Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2009, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2008 and FY2010-FY2013.
Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY2008-FY2013, with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) public debt; and (6) debt held by the public.
Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security, U.S. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses, and specified major functional categories for FY2008-FY2013.
Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would cause: (1) a net increase in deficits in excess of $0 in any of the four consecutive ten-year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is a decade after the budget year provided for in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution; or (2) the discretionary spending limits in this resolution to be exceeded.
Establishes specified discretionary spending limits in the Senate.
Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for: (1) continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations for the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax enforcement; (3) health care fraud and abuse control; (4) unemployment insurance improper payments reviews; (5) comparative effectiveness research at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (6) reducing waste in defense contracting; (7) adjustments for war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan; and (8) supplemental appropriations for FY2008, if such legislation is enacted.
Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would: (1) require advanced appropriations, with a specified exception; (2) constitute changes in mandatory programs producing net costs that would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) were they included in legislation other than appropriations legislation.
Makes it out of order to consider a budget resolution in the Senate unless it contains a specified debt disclosure section.
Provides for certain deficit-neutral reserve funds for legislation for: (1) strengthening and stimulating the American economy and providing economic relief to American families; (2) improving education; (3) investing in America's infrastructure; (4) investing in clean energy, preserving the environment, and providing for certain settlements; (5) providing for America's veterans and wounded servicemembers, including a post 9/11 GI bill; (6) improving America's health; and (7) revising judicial pay and judgeships.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2008: Senate floor actions. Status: Considered by Senate.
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Visitor Comments
Jan
You are spending way too much and often on projects that don't benefit the people, like roads, etc. We don't want to be in debt to foreign countries, such as China. Stop giving hostile countries billions of dollars and start spending it on what benefits this country. Stop pork barreling and special earmarks that we are not interested in. Remember you have been hired to represent the people, not do your own thing with our money.
greatdanes
STOP STOP ALL SPENDING!! Congress is DESTROYING AMERICA!
LOOK WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO THE DOLLAR!!!
No More Spending No More Destroying America.
Americans Vote All the BUMS OUT this NOV/08!
Patches
I don't know why I am making this comment cause even if those politians read this, they don't really care what we, their bosses, say. But, stop this nonsence on spending so much. You have too many aids, advisors, and etc in your offices now. We the people are having to really budget ourselves to pay for you and your non ending spending. Budget yourselves. You have already voted in extremely too much free stuff you will recieve the rest of your lives. Stop giving millions and billions to oil rich countries.
Dennis
Congress and most presidents over the past 30 years have been destroying America. It is amazing that Americans have been screaming over the past 30 years to stop spending, but our politicians continue to spend, start wars, and take away our civil liberties. Not one politician outside of a select 2 or 3 politicians have taken out side. Voting the bums out will not change anything because elections are a fraud today. Proof was laid down by the Supreme Court when it decided the election in Bush's favor over Gore. Our votes have no meaning anymore.
Darlene
I believe that the people on welfare should have to drug tests.
If People who work hard to make money
why do they get to stay home and do drugs? no penalty's.
I bet there are alot of them that would not qualify.
David
We need to spend money wisely!