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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (154772)6/21/2001 6:56:24 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769669
 
Fiscal 1994 Budget Reconciliation - Passage

Date: 06/24/1993
Issue: Budget
Roll Call Number: 0190
Bill Number: HR 2264
Sponsor:
Outcome for thie vote: Passed
Votes FOR: 50
Votes AGAINST: 49

Pass the bill to raise taxes by $243 billion, cut spending by $256 billion and reduce the deficit by
$499 billion over five year by tracking President Clinton's economic proposals.

HR 2264 (Fiscal 1994 Budget Reconciliation);
Passage;
6/24/93

Outcome: Passed 50-49

Congressional Quarterly Number: 1993 - S190

Bill Status:
Bill Number: HR 2264 - 103rd Congress (1993-94)
House Passage Vote: 05/27/93 - Outcome: Passed
Senate Passage Vote: 06/24/93 - Outcome: Passed
House Conference Report Vote: 08/05/93 - Outcome: Passed
Senate Conference Report Vote: 08/06/93 - Outcome: Passed
Presidential Action: Signed on 08/10/93
Public Law Number: 103-66 107 Stat. 312

The Brookings report also indirectly acknowledged this deficit reduction/balanced budget effort started in 1987.



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (154772)6/22/2001 11:20:33 AM
From: Bill  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769669
 
No error at all. It was only referred to as a deficit reduction bill after the deficit was reduced by congress in 95-99.

Calling it Clinton's Deficit Reduction Act of 1993 is revisionist history, according to the official congressional record.