To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening Social Security and repealing Obamacare, which has increased health care costs, raised taxes on middle-class families, reduced access to high quality care, created disincentives for work, and caused tens of thousands of Americans to lose coverage they had and liked, and replacing it with patient-centered, step-by-step health reforms that provide access to quality, affordable private health care coverage for all American's and their families by increasing competition, State flexibility and individual choice, and safeguarding consumer protections that Americans support.
Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)Legislative Activity
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Senate amendment submitted
January 11, 2017
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Senate amendment submitted
January 11, 2017
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 167 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Heller.(consideration: CR S254-255; text: CR S254)
January 11, 2017
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 167 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 11.(consideration: CR S255)
January 11, 2017
Amendment SA 167 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Heller. (consideration: CR S254-255; text: CR S254) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening Social Security and repealing Obamacare, which has increased health care costs, raised taxes on middle-class families, reduced access to high quality care, created disincentives for work, and caused tens of thousands of Americans to lose coverage they had and liked, and replacing it with patient-centered, step-by-step health reforms that provide access to quality, affordable private health care coverage for all American's and their families by increasing competition, State flexibility and individual choice, and safeguarding consumer protections that Americans support.
January 11, 2017
Point of order that the amendment violates section 305(b)(2) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 167.
January 11, 2017
Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 167 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 11. (consideration: CR S255)
January 11, 2017
Amendment SA 167 ruled out of order by the chair.
January 11, 2017
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1 roll call on this amendment
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SA 167. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY OR REPEALING AND REPLACING OBAMACARE. 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 strengthening Social Security or repealing and replacing Obamacare, which may include step-by-step health reforms providing access to quality, affordable coverage for all Americans, safeguarding consumer protections, strengthening Medicare, and improving Medicaid, without raising new revenue, 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 2017 through 2021 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2017 through 2026. ______