To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide tax benefits to patriot employers that invest in American jobs and provide fair pay and benefits to workers and to eliminate tax benefits for corporations that ship jobs or profits overseas.
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 817 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 104.
March 26, 2015
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 817 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 104.
March 26, 2015
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 817 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 104.
March 26, 2015
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1961, S1990)
March 26, 2015
Amendment SA 817 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 104.
March 26, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
March 25, 2015
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 817 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Durbin.(consideration: CR S1873-1874; text: CR S1874)
March 25, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
March 25, 2015
Amendment SA 817 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Durbin. (consideration: CR S1873-1874; text: CR S1874) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide tax benefits to patriot employers that invest in American jobs and provide fair pay and benefits to workers and to eliminate tax benefits for corporations that ship jobs or profits overseas.
March 25, 2015
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SA 817. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE TAX BENEFITS TO PATRIOT EMPLOYERS THAT INVEST IN AMERICAN JOBS AND PROVIDE FAIR PAY AND BENEFITS TO WORKERS AND TO ELIMINATE TAX BENEFITS FOR CORPORATIONS THAT SHIP JOBS OR PROFITS OVERSEAS. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to income taxes paid by businesses, which may include measures providing tax breaks for companies that have not inverted, have maintained or expanded their United States workforce, or have provided livable wages and health care, and may also include measures ending tax breaks that encourage businesses to ship jobs offshore, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. ______