S. 1323: A bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-30 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment (SA 583) made in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4866)

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 5 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 119 (2011): On the Motion, S1323 (2011-07-29), Motion Agreed to. See all
Where it stands now: Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment (SA 583) made in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4866) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

A bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit.

Plain summary

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any agreement to reduce the budget deficit should require that those earning $1 million or more per year make a more meaningful contribution to the deficit reduction effort.

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Official text

A bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · 4 cosponsors

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Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)

Recorded votes

Senate vote 105 (2011): On the Motion, S1323 (2011-07-05): Motion Agreed to
Senate vote 106 (2011): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed, S1323 (2011-07-07): Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Senate vote 107 (2011): On the Motion to Proceed, S1323 (2011-07-11): Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Senate vote 108 (2011): On the Cloture Motion, S1323 (2011-07-13): Cloture Motion Rejected
Senate vote 119 (2011): On the Motion, S1323 (2011-07-29): Motion Agreed to

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1323.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>

Record fed-us-cong112-s1323 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112