Description: TO AGREE TO AN WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5953, A BILL INCREASING THE STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT BY $53 BILLION FROM $1.520 TRILLION TO $1.573 TRILLION. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT SETS THE STATUTORY LIMIT AT $1.7526 TRILLION. (MOTION FAILED)
Bill summary: (Reported to House from the Committee on Ways and Means, H. rept. 98-878) Increases the public debt limit to not more than $1,573,000,000,000 outstanding at one time.
Bill titles: A bill to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 92, p. 7464;
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov