To create a point of order against legislation that makes women sick again.
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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 82 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 49. Record Vote Number: 23.(consideration: 01/11/17 CR S264)
January 12, 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 82 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 49. Record Vote Number: 23.(consideration: 01/11/17 CR S264)
January 12, 2017
Point of order that the amendment violates section 305(b)(2) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 82.
January 12, 2017
Motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the CBA with respect to amendment SA 82 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 49. Record Vote Number: 23. (consideration: 01/11/17 CR S264)
January 12, 2017
Amendment SA 82 ruled out of order by the chair.
January 12, 2017
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 82 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Gillibrand.(consideration: CR S249-251, S264; text: CR S250-251)
January 11, 2017
Amendment SA 82 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Gillibrand. (consideration: CR S249-251, S264; text: CR S250-251) To create a point of order against legislation that makes women sick again.
January 11, 2017
Senate amendment submitted
January 10, 2017
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1 roll call on this amendment
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SA 82. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Brown, Mr. Carper, Mr. Udall, and Mr. Cardin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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__. DON'T MAKE WOMEN SICK AGAIN. (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 makes women sick again by eliminating or reducing access to women's health care, including decreases in access to, or coverage of, reproductive health care services including contraceptive counseling, birth control, and maternity care, and primary and preventive health care as afforded to them under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111- 148). (b) Legislation That Makes Women Sick Again.--For the purposes of subsection (a), the term ``makes women sick again'' with respect to legislation refers to any provision of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report, that would-- (1) allow insurance companies to discriminate against women by-- (A) charging women higher premiums for health care based on their gender; (B) allowing pregnancy to be used as a pre-existing condition by which to deny women coverage; (C) permitting discrimination against providers who provide reproductive health care benefits or services to women; or (D) otherwise discriminating against women based on their gender; (2) reduce the number of women enrolled in health insurance coverage, as certified by the Congressional Budget Office; or (3) eliminate, or reduce the scope or scale of, the benefits women would have received pursuant to the requirements under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and the amendments made to that title. (c) 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). ______