For the

week
ending
April 15

Y Y N N N 2012 Republican Budget: ̈ Members passed,

235-193, a GOP budget for 2012 and later
years that would privatize Medicare, convert
Medicaid to a block-grant program, reduce
annual deficits and cut corporate and
individual tax rates. A yes vote backed the
GOP fiscal plan. (HCR 34)
N N Y Y Y 2012 Democratic Budget: Members
defeated, 166-259, a Democratic budget for
2012 and later years that differed from the
GOP plan (above) by keeping Medicare and
Medicaid as they are and continuing the new
health law. A yes vote was to pass the
Democratic plan. (HCR 34)
Y N O O O Republican Study Group: The House
defeated, 119-136, the most conservative of
five budget blueprints before it. Drafted by the
Republican Study Group, it would prevent tax
hikes while cutting discretionary spending
almost in half over ten years. A yes vote
backed the plan. (HCR 34)
N N Y Y N Progressive Caucus: Members defeated, 72
-347, a budget for fiscal 2012 and later years
sponsored by the Progressive Caucus, a
group of House liberals. A yes vote backed a
plan to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan and
use the savings to balance the budget in ten
years. (HCR 34)

N N Y Y N Congressional Black Caucus: Members

defeated,103-303, a budget drafted by the
Congressional Black Caucus. A yes vote
backed a plan that would spend more than its
competitors (above) on domestic programs
while keeping Medicare and Medicaid as they
are. (HCR 34)
N N Health-Law Funding: Senators failed, 47-53,
to reach 60 votes needed to deny funds in
2011 for the new health law. While most of
the law takes effect in 2014, funding began
this year for parts such as closing the donut
hole in the Medicare drug plan. A yes vote
was to pass HCR 35.
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Congress is in Easter-Passover recess until the week of May 2.