In the nature of a substitute.

To provide for the permanent extension of increased expensing for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax credit.

Proposed amendment SA 210 (Division I) withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Jon Kyl · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To extend through December 31, 2012, the increased expensing for small businesses.

Motion to table amendment SA 209 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 48. Record Vote Number: 37. · Sponsored by Jon Kyl · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To enable employees to use employee option time.

Proposed amendment SA 203 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Judd Gregg · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To express the sense of the Senate concerning poverty.

Proposed amendment SA 201 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To provide for an exemption to a minimum wage increase for certain employers who contribute to their employees health benefit expenses.

Proposed amendment SA 195 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Richard Burr · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To prevent identity theft by allowing the sharing of social security data among government agencies for immigration enforcement purposes.

Proposed amendment SA 169 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Wayne Allard · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding the minimum wage.

Proposed amendment SA 162 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Jim DeMint · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To prohibit the use of flexible schedules by Federal employees unless such flexible schedule benefits are made available to private sector employees not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.

Proposed amendment SA 161 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Jim DeMint · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain small businesses to defer payment of tax.

Proposed amendment SA 160 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Jim DeMint · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To protect individuals from having their money involuntarily collected and used for lobbying by a labor organization.

Proposed amendment SA 159 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Jim DeMint · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.

Proposed amendment SA 156 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Jim DeMint · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and the use of health savings accounts for the payment of health insurance premiums for high deductible health plans purchased in the individual market.

Proposed amendment SA 155 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Jim DeMint · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers, including those making minimum wage, and to help ensure greater Congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect.

Proposed amendment SA 153 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by John Ensign · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system.

Proposed amendment SA 152 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by John Ensign · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic use.

Proposed amendment SA 138 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by John Cornyn · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Federal unemployment surtax.

Proposed amendment SA 135 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by John Cornyn · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Proposed amendment SA 128 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by John F. Kerry · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To extend through December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements.

Amendment SA 115 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Jon Kyl · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend title 44 of the United States Code, to provide for the suspension of fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns.

Proposed amendment SA 110 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by David Vitter · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To clarify the house parent exemption to certain wage and hour requirements.

Proposed amendment SA 105 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Mel Martinez · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To provide Congress a second look at wasteful spending by establishing enhance rescission authority under fast-track procedures.

Proposed amendment SA 101 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Judd Gregg · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To provide minimum wage rates for agricultural workers.

Proposed amendment SA 118 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Saxby Chambliss · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should repeal the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits and eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such repeal and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially more interest to foreign creditors.

Amendment SA 207 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 0. Record Vote Number: 27. · Sponsored by Max Baucus · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should make permanent the tax incentives to make education more affordable and more accessible for American families and eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such incentives and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially more interest to foreign creditors.

Amendment SA 206 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 0. Record Vote Number: 29. · Sponsored by Max Baucus · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To extend through December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements, and for other purposes.

Motion to table amendment SA 205 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 42. Record Vote Number: 32. · Sponsored by Jon Kyl · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To increase the Federal minimum wage by an amount that is based on applicable State minimum wages.

Amendment SA 158 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Jim DeMint · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To improve access to affordable health care.

Amendment SA 154 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by John Ensign · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To prohibit employers who unlawfully employ aliens from receiving government contracts.

Amendment SA 148 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 0. Record Vote Number: 31. · Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits.

Amendment SA 119 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Jim Bunning · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To make permanent certain education-related tax incentives.

Amendment SA 113 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Gordon H. Smith · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To amend the Buy American Act to require each Federal agency to submit reports regarding purchases of items made outside of the United States, and for other purposes.

Amendment SA 127 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S1045-1046) · Sponsored by Russell D. Feingold · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To afford States the rights and flexibility to determine minimum wage.

Amendment SA 116 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 28 - 69. Record Vote Number: 24. · Sponsored by Wayne Allard · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To prevent the closure and defunding of certain women's business centers.

Amendment SA 112 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John E. Sununu · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

Proposed amendment SA 104 withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Ron Wyden · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to study the costs and barriers to businesses if the advance earned income tax credit program included all EITC recipients.

Amendment SA 108 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S903) · Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To impose additional requirements to ensure greater use of the advance payment of the earned income credit and to extend such advance payment to all taxpayers eligible for the credit.

Proposed amendment SA 107 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S903) · Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To express the sense of the Senate that increasing personal savings is a necessary step toward ensuring the economic security of all the people of the United States upon retirement.

Amendment SA 106 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record Vote Number: 21. (text as modified: CR S893-894) · Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 100

In the nature of a substitute.

Amendment SA 103 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 20. (text as modified: CR S880-881) · Sponsored by Olympia J. Snowe · Amends S.Amdt. 100

To establish a small business child care grant program.

Amendment SA 102 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Pat Roberts · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Norm Coleman · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Mary L. Landrieu · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by John Thune · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Tom Harkin · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Mary L. Landrieu · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Mary L. Landrieu · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Tom Coburn · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Ben Nelson · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Bernard Sanders · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Norm Coleman · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Chuck Grassley · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Chuck Grassley · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Mary L. Landrieu · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Mary L. Landrieu · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Mary L. Landrieu · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Barack Obama · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Kay Bailey Hutchison · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Kay Bailey Hutchison · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Kay Bailey Hutchison · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by John Thune · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Judd Gregg · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by John Cornyn · Amends S.Amdt. 100

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe · Amends S.Amdt. 100