SRES 215 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not bail out any State.

Introduced Aug 1, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Mark Kirk R-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 1, 2013 Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6237)

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. IntroducedAug 1, 2013
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

States that: (1) the federal government should take no action to redeem, assume, or guarantee any state debt; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury should report to Congress any negotiations to engage in actions that would result in an outlay of federal funds on behalf of state creditors.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 1, 2013.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INDaniel CoatsOriginalAug 1, 2013
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalAug 1, 2013
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalAug 1, 2013
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalAug 1, 2013
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalAug 1, 2013
D-ALRichard C. ShelbyOriginalAug 1, 2013
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalAug 1, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 1, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 1, 2013Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6237)

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 1, 2013Introduced in Senate

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