Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should retain its authority to borrow money on the credit of the United States and not cede this power to the President.

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should retain its authority vested in the U.S. Constitution to borrow money on the credit of the United States and not surrender its authority to establish the debt limit of the United States to the executive branch or allow the President to raise the debt ceiling unilaterally.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 360 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 360

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress 
should retain its authority to borrow money on the credit of the United 
            States and not cede this power to the President.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2013

Mr. Fleming (for himself, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Carter, Mr. Gosar, 
 Mr. Marino, Mr. Culberson, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Posey, Mrs. 
  Bachmann, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Stockman, and Mrs. Lummis) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress 
should retain its authority to borrow money on the credit of the United 
            States and not cede this power to the President.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Congress should retain its authority vested in article 1, section 8 
of the Constitution to ``borrow money on the credit of the United 
States'' and not surrender its authority to establish the debt limit of 
the United States to the Executive Branch or allow the President to 
raise the debt ceiling unilaterally.
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