House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 1, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 191.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WOOLSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H47):This bill is introduced under the powers granted to Congress under Article 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 191, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/191
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
76 cosponsors — 76 Democrats
0 of 76 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ) and 46 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.