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S.Amdt. 174Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)

To strengthen Social Security and Medicare without raiding them to pay for new government programs, like Obamacare, that have failed Americans by increasing premiums and reducing affordable health care options, to reform Medicaid without prioritizing able-bodied adults over the disabled, and to ensure that any importation does not increase risk to public health according to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Sponsored by Lamar AlexanderSen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Submitted January 11, 2017

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Senate amendment submitted

January 11, 2017

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 174 proposed by Senator Alexander.(consideration: CR S260-261; text: CR S260-261)

January 11, 2017

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 174 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 49. Record Vote Number: 19.(consideration: CR S261)

January 11, 2017

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Amendment SA 174 proposed by Senator Alexander. (consideration: CR S260-261; text: CR S260-261) To strengthen Social Security and Medicare without raiding them to pay for new government programs, like Obamacare, that have failed Americans by increasing premiums and reducing affordable health care options, to reform Medicaid without prioritizing able-bodied adults over the disabled, and to ensure that any importation does not increase risk to public health according to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

January 11, 2017

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Point of order that the amendment violates section 305(b)(2) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 174.

January 11, 2017

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Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 174 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 49. Record Vote Number: 19. (consideration: CR S261)

January 11, 2017

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Amendment SA 174 ruled out of order by the chair.

January 11, 2017

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SENATE

Roll Call Available

January 11, 2017 at 10:45 PM

On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Alexander Amdt. No. 174)

Majority required: 3/5 (60%)

Failed

49 - 49

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SA 174. Mr. ALEXANDER 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
PERMITTING IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
ONLY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

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 permitting the importation of prescription drugs,
which may include certifying public health and safety,
strengthening Social Security and Medicare, and improving
Medicaid, 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.
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