Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act mandates equal spending cuts for any debt limit increase or suspension.
The Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act requires any increase or suspension of the statutory debt limit to be matched by equal or greater spending cuts over the next decade. The bill mandates that any proposal to raise the debt limit must include corresponding spending reductions, calculated by the Congressional Budget Office against a specified baseline. The act also stipulates that the Senate and House cannot vote on any debt limit increase unless the Congressional Budget Office's cost estimate has been publicly available for at least 24 hours.
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