Expressing the sense of Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security or veterans benefits, or to increase the tax burden on low- and middle-income taxpayers.

S. Con. Res. 15 · 113th Congress · Apr 24, 2013 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used—

(1)

to calculate cost of living adjustments for Social Security benefits or benefits for disabled veterans and their survivors; or

(2)

to increase the tax burden on low- and middle-income taxpayers.

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Apr 24, 2013viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Brown, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Begich) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance