House resolution · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives respecting a claim made by the President on February 16, 2005, at a meeting Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that there is not a Social Security trust.
Sponsor: Rep. Dennis Kucinich D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2005
- Committee actionApr 25, 2005
- Passed House—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2005 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 29.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 170.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Res. 170, A resolution of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives respecting a claim made by the President on February 16, 2005, at a meeting [in] Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that there is” on April 26, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 25, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16463
- CBO publication date
- April 26, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 170, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hres/170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794f9e4ddfee5980699228f3894a5bc5baa4c2002ca0e699a68a2377a8d8bff4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Res. 170, A resolution of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives respecting a claim made by the President on February 16, 2005, at a meeting [in] Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that there is” on April 26, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 25, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16463
- CBO publication date
- April 26, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 170, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hres/170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794f9e4ddfee5980699228f3894a5bc5baa4c2002ca0e699a68a2377a8d8bff4
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-58 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 27, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/58
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 170, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hres/170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794f9e4ddfee5980699228f3894a5bc5baa4c2002ca0e699a68a2377a8d8bff4
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.Res. 170, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
39 cosponsors — 38 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Julia Carson (D-IN), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), George Miller (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Major Owens (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Tim Ryan (D-OH) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.