SRES 226 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President does not have the authority to ignore the statutory debt limit by ordering the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing debt on the full faith and credit of the United States.

Introduced Jul 7, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Lindsey Graham R-SC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 7, 2011 Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4454)

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJul 7, 2011
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President does not have the authority to ignore the statutory debt limit by ordering the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing debt on the full faith and credit of the United States.


Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 7, 2011 to Jul 13, 2011, with 12 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INDaniel CoatsOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-NEMike JohannsOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-GASaxby ChamblissOriginalJul 7, 2011
R-UTMike LeeJul 11, 2011
R-UTOrrin G. HatchJul 11, 2011
R-NDJohn HoevenJul 13, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 7, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 7, 2011Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4454)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

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  1. Jul 7, 2011Introduced in Senate

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