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A bill aimed at expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and implementing business tax breaks failed to progress through the Senate during a key test vote Thursday afternoon. Joe ...
The Senate passed legislation on Tuesday, however, aimed at protecting children online in a broad bipartisan vote. The Senate tax bill vote also gave Democrats an opportunity to push back against ...
The bipartisan vote also came after days of behind-the-scenes wrangling among members of Johnson’s Republican caucus over whether to amend the deal to address issues like the state and local tax ...
The bill was sent to the Senate, where some Senate Republicans called for hearings and others showed interest to make changes in the bill. [13] On August 1st, the bill was blocked in a 44-48 procedural vote in the Senate. The procedural motion to limit debate on the package required 60% of votes in favor to succeed.
The result was a 39–33 vote in favor of the bill, but a cloture vote to end the filibuster required a two-thirds supermajority of 48 votes at the time, and so the bill was not brought to a vote. Those in favor of abolition of the poll tax considered a constitutional amendment after the 1946 defeat, but that idea did not advance either.
To some progressives in Congress, the new tax breaks are far from enough. Five California Democrats voted against the tax bill, while all other state Democrats as well as all Republicans voted for it.
Under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the United States, the vice president of the United States is the ex officio president of the Senate but may only cast a vote in the Senate to break a tie. As of January 24, 2025, vice presidents have cast a total of 302 tie-breaking votes in the Senate. [1]
The U.S. Senate never voted on the bill. “It’s embarrassing that Mike Lawler can’t get the votes from his own party – who are in the majority because of him by the way – to get a vote on ...