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Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2007

Committee on the Budget. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-221.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 18, 2007

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2007 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action to address, and report to the President and Congress on, the nation's long-term fiscal imbalances, including those attributable to the Medicare and Social Security programs and the gap between their projected revenues and expenditures.

Provides for expedited legislative consideration of Task Force recommendations.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D–ND

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  • Budget Committee
21 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Committee on the Budget. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-221.

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

  3. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11662-11664, S11664-11665, S11665)

  4. Introduced in Senate

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