The Floor
Floor Feed

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4350: Kennedy Amdt. No. 4350; To increase funding for the Department of Education's English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program, with an offset. Result: Agreed to (95-2, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4231: Sessions Amdt. No. 4231; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs. Result: Agreed to (61-37, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4259: Menendez Amdt. No. 4259; To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement. Result: Agreed to (53-45, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4207: Alexander Amdt. No. 4207 as Modified; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production. Result: Rejected (47-51, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4222: Alexander Amdt. No. 4222; To take $670,000 used by the EEOC in bringing actions against employers that require their employees to speak English, and instead use the money to teach English to adults through the Department of Education's English Literacy/Civics Education...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4329: Bill Nelson Amdt. No. 4329; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production. Result: Agreed to (56-43, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4350: Kennedy Amdt. No. 4350; To increase funding for the Department of Education's English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program, with an offset. Result: Agreed to (95-2, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4198: Dorgan Amdt. No. 4198; To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009. Result: Agreed to (69-30, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4203: Specter Amdt. No. 4203; To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Result: Agreed to (95-4, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4207: Alexander Amdt. No. 4207 as Modified; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production. Result: Rejected (47-51, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4192: Bunning Amdt. No. 4192 as Modified; To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Result: Rejected (47-53, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4329: Bill Nelson Amdt. No. 4329; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production. Result: Agreed to (56-43, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4204: Conrad Amdt. No. 4204; To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits. Result: Agreed to (53-46, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4198: Dorgan Amdt. No. 4198; To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009. Result: Agreed to (69-30, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4191: Kyl Amdt. No. 4191; To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%. Result: Rejected (50-50, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4203: Specter Amdt. No. 4203; To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Result: Agreed to (95-4, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4196: Salazar Amdt. No. 4196 as Modified; To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax. Result: Rejected (38-62, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4192: Bunning Amdt. No. 4192 as Modified; To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Result: Rejected (47-53, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4189: Upon Reconsideration Specter Amdt. No. 4189; To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto. Result: Rejected (49-51, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4204: Conrad Amdt. No. 4204; To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits. Result: Agreed to (53-46, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]