S.Amdt. 60Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)

To create a point of order against legislation that would reduce health insurance access and affordability for individuals based on their occupation.

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 60 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator King.(consideration: CR S249-252; text: CR S250)

January 11, 2017

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 60 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator King.(consideration: CR S249-252; text: CR S250)

January 11, 2017

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the CBA with respect to amendment SA 60 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 8.(consideration: CR S252)

January 11, 2017

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Amendment SA 60 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator King. (consideration: CR S249-252; text: CR S250) To create a point of order against legislation that would reduce health insurance access and affordability for individuals based on their occupation.

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 60.

January 11, 2017

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Motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the CBA with respect to amendment SA 60 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 8. (consideration: CR S252)

January 11, 2017

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Amendment SA 60 ruled out of order by the chair.

January 11, 2017

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Senate amendment submitted

January 10, 2017

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Roll Call Available

January 11, 2017 at 6:52 PM

On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: King Amdt. No. 60)

Majority required: 3/5 (60%)

Failed

48 - 50

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SA 60. Mr. KING 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
REDUCE HEALTH INSURANCE ACCESS AND
AFFORDABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR
OCCUPATION.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
reduce health insurance access and affordability for
individuals based on their occupation, unless legislation is
enacted to provide comparable benefits and protections for
such individuals.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under
subsection (a).
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