CutCapandBalance was not killed.

Senator Reid succeeded in tabling the "Cut, Cap and Balance Act" with a party line vote of 51-46. Here are what Signers of the Pledge are saying below. See the Pledge here at www.CutCapBalancePledge.com . 'We had 100% of Republicans. Why are they afraid of debating and talking about this? It was NOT defeated. They simply voted to table it and can bring it back at any moment. You must pound on the President & Reid: Do we WANT TO or NOT WANT TO balance our books? We’ll keep pounding away.' Congressman Chaffetz 'Some of the best responses we got in this office is in pointing out that this is a compromise. We don’t want to raise the debt ceiling...but we tailored the vote to compromise. This is a compromise bill – and seems it was very well-received back home. We have a 66% approval rate according to a poll.' Congressman Mulvaney The Senate is considering reintroducting Pat Toomey's "Full Faith and Credit" - that prioritizes what to pay such as debt, social security, medicare, military etc. Now that Harry Reid has refused to debte "Cut, Cap and Blance Act" even though 64% of Americans support it, he has tabled the Reid/McConnell "Cut, Cap and Hide" to see what the House will do. Jordan says it’s time to get serious. “Gimmicks, commissions, kicking the can down the road — we will oppose all of those things,” he adds. In the final days of negotiations, he says, “the idea is to win.” He sees the competing agendas as roadblocks to the balanced-budget amendment. If Republicans really want to champion it, they should help “build the case with the American people, enough to get Democrats to come over and help us pass the balanced-budget amendment with a supermajority,” he says. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/272537/jim-jordan-fights-robert-costa (See short video about "commissions" here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ehFxUC4Bjs ) The House has already introduced HR 2534 (See below) which is problematic, because (Sub-section B) exempts (a) debt, social security, medicare, veterans, military and air traffic controllers etc..from the debt ceiling limitation thus opening the door to raising the debt limit, violating the Pledge. We have enough to pay for these essential obligations, see this humorous video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nrv3TGryPo&feature=youtu.be . There is also nothing prohibiting the House from re-passing the "Cut, Cap and Balance Act" to force Democrats to again refuse to debate the issue. Here is what leadership needs to be cautious about http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/07/22/house-republicans-should-not-rely-on-democrats-for-votes-on-the-debt-ceiling/ News is, Harry Ried is visiting Speaker Boehner now. Senators are coming home next week and this is a good time to visit to demand they debate and vote on the Cut, Cap and Balance Act. More infor to come. H.R. 2534 Ensuring America's Promises Act of 2011 (Introduced in House - IH) HR 2534 IH 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2534 To provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment of certain Social Security, public debt, defense, veterans, and Medicare obligations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 14, 2011 Mr. GOWDY (for himself and Mr. SOUTHERLAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment of certain Social Security, public debt, defense, veterans, and Medicare obligations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Ensuring America's Promises Act of 2011'. SEC. 2. TIMELY PAYMENT IN FULL OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS NOTWITHSTANDING THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT. (a) In General- Nothing in section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, shall be construed to have the effect of-- (1) precluding or otherwise limiting timely redemption of obligations owed to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to the extent necessary to provide for timely payment in full of benefits payable from such Trust Funds; (2) otherwise precluding or limiting timely payment in full of benefits payable from such Trust Funds; (3) otherwise precluding or limiting timely payment in full of amounts necessary to carry out the authority of the Department of the Treasury provided in section 3123 of title 31, United States Code, to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public; (4) otherwise precluding or limiting timely payment in full of amounts the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) determines to be necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances (without interruption) to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including reserve components thereof, who perform active service; (5) otherwise precluding or limiting timely payment in full of amounts the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines necessary to provide the benefits and programs under title 38, United States Code, to veterans and other individuals; or (6) otherwise precluding or limiting timely payment in full of obligations owned under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. (b) Operation of the Public Debt Limit in Other Respects- The limitation on public debt under section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, shall apply with respect to matters other than matters affected by subsection (a) as if subsection (a) had not been enacted. (c) Termination- Subsections (a) and (b) shall cease to have effect after December 31, 2012.

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