To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening Social Security and repealing and replacing 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 Obamacare with patient-centered, step-by-step health reforms that provide access to quality, affordable private health care coverage for all Americans, including people with disabilities and chronic conditions, and their families, by increasing competition, State flexibility, and individual choice, and safe-guarding consumer protections, such as a ban on lifetime limits, that Americans support.
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)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 181 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Barrasso.(consideration: CR S258-259; text: CR S258)
January 11, 2017
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 181 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 16.(consideration: CR S259)
January 11, 2017
Amendment SA 181 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Barrasso. (consideration: CR S258-259; text: CR S258) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening Social Security and repealing and replacing 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 Obamacare with patient-centered, step-by-step health reforms that provide access to quality, affordable private health care coverage for all Americans, including people with disabilities and chronic conditions, and their families, by increasing competition, State flexibility, and individual choice, and safe-guarding consumer protections, such as a ban on lifetime limits, 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 181.
January 11, 2017
Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 181 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 16. (consideration: CR S259)
January 11, 2017
Amendment SA 181 ruled out of order by the chair.
January 11, 2017
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SA 181. Mr. BARRASSO 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 AND REPEALING 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 and repealing and replacing Obamacare, which may include step-by- step reforms providing access to quality, affordable coverage for all Americans, including people with disabilities and chronic conditions, and safeguarding consumer protections such as a ban on lifetime limits, 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. ______