H.Con.Res. 72: Expressing the sense of Congress that any legislative language approved by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients.
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H.Con.Res. 72: Expressing the sense of Congress that any legislative language approved by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients.
112th Congress · introduced 2011-08-01 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-08-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Expressing the sense of Congress that any legislative language approved by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients.
Plain summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any deficit reduction plan put forward by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not balance the budget by eroding America's hard-earned retirement plan and social safety net; (2) Medicare's ability to deliver high quality health care in a cost-efficient manner should be strengthened and its benefits should be preserved for current and future retirees; (3) appropriate reform to strengthen Social Security's long-term outlook should ensure that it remains a critical source of protection for the people of the United States and their families without further increasing the retirement age or otherwise decreasing benefits; and (4) federal funding for the Medicaid program should be maintained so that senior citizens, poor and disabled children, and others with disabilities are able to gain and retain access to affordable health care.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Expressing the sense of Congress that any legislative language approved by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] · 85 cosponsors
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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Al Green (D-TX), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Judy Chu (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and 25 more.
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- Appropriation
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- Resolution
- A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
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- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hconres72.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hconres>
Record fed-us-cong112-hconres72 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112