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This modified version of the bill passed the House on August 27 by a vote of 279–97. [3] Strom Thurmond, a United States senator from South Carolina, remarked that the civil rights bill constituted a "cruel and unusual punishment", [7] and stated that he hoped to "educate the country" by means of an extended speech against the legislation. [8]
The House later passed the American Health Care Act of 2017 as a budget reconciliation bill by a vote of 217–213 on May 4, 2017. In July, the Senate Parliamentarian advised that certain provisions of the House bill must be stricken (as extraneous non-budgetary matter) under the Byrd rule before proceeding under reconciliation. [77]
MPs are allowed to give such speeches each time a vote takes place, and many votes were needed before the bill could be passed. As the Conservative Party of Canada held a majority in the House, the bill passed. [11] [12] This was the longest filibuster since the 1999 Reform Party of Canada filibuster, on native treaty issues in British Columbia ...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday stood firm on keeping the filibuster in place under a Senate GOP majority, even though the party will control a 52- or 53-seat Senate ...
The Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight vote by a vote of 85-11. The legislation will extend government funding until March 14.
The Senate passed a major healthcare bill in late 2009 without using the reconciliation process; because Democrats had a 60-seat super-majority in the Senate, they were able to defeat Republican attempts to block the bill via the filibuster. While the House continued to debate its own healthcare bill, Democrats lost their 60-seat Senate super ...
The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday on a bill supported by Republican President-elect Donald Trump to essentially ban transgender girls and women from competing in school ...
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, North Carolina, as the "Malcolm J. Howard United States Courthouse", and for other purposes. S. 2255: June 24, 2021: Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2021: A bill to extend the trade adjustment assistance program for one month. S. 2293