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HR 3578 - Amends Budget Baseline - Key Vote

Kevin Yoder voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.

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Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - Feb. 6, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - Feb. 3, 2012 (Key vote)

Title: Amends Budget Baseline

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that eliminates the inflation adjustment from the formula used to calculate the federal budget baseline.

Highlight:

-Repeals the inflation adjustment from the formula used to calculate the budget baseline, and specifies that the baseline shall consist only of estimated and current-year appropriations (Sec. 2).

-Defines the “baseline” as an annual projection of the current year budget and the surplus or deficit for the current year, the budget year, and the 9 subsequent years (Sec. 2).

Legislation - Introduced (House) - Dec. 7, 2011

Title: Amends Budget Baseline

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