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Debt Ceiling Documents

July 15, 2011

Some bill research does not include the Governor's file because at the time we researched the bill, the sitting Governor had not released his chaptered bill file. If the Governor's file is not included with this particular research, please contact our office (1-530-666-1917 or quote@legintent.com) and we will be happy to provide this file at no charge if it is available. Please Note: Governor files did not exist prior to 1943.

In case you have a few minutes to do some research on the debt ceiling issue facing the country, we have compiled a list of some materials that might help get you started to understanding the background and current concerns raised by various different principals:

•    CBO: “CBO’s 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook,” June 23, 2011, Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director;
•    Democratic Majority on Senate Committee on Budget:  “Bennet-Johanns Letter to President Obama on Comprehensive Deficit Reduction Package,” March 15, 2011
•    Republican Minority on Senate Committee on Budget: “Sessions:  Debt Limit Progress Requires President to Give Up Gimmicks,” July 12, 2011, Jeff Sessions, Ranking Republican on the Committee;
•    U.S. Chamber of Commerce, “Letter to Congress,” May 16, 2011;
•    NPR Planet Money, “The Debt Ceiling, Explained,” April 11, 2011;
•    Bipartisan Policy Center, “Debt Limit Analysis,” June 27, 2011
•    Reuters, “Worries on debt ceiling bubble beneath surface,” July 6, 2011.