To provide a rule of construction.
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)Legislative Activity
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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to table amendment SA 26 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 8.
January 22, 2009
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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to table amendment SA 26 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 8.
January 22, 2009
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S739, S753-758)
January 22, 2009
Motion to table amendment SA 26 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 8.
January 22, 2009
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 26 proposed by Senator Specter.(consideration: CR S696-697; text: CR S696)
January 21, 2009
Amendment SA 26 proposed by Senator Specter. (consideration: CR S696-697; text: CR S696) To provide a rule of construction.
January 21, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
January 15, 2009
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1 roll call on this amendment
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Submitted
SA 26. Mr. SPECTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 181, to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Strike the heading for section 6 and insert the following: SEC. 6. CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed to prohibit a party from asserting a defense based on waiver of a right, or on an estoppel or laches doctrine. SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. ______