Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 4653
116th Congress(2019-2020)
A bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Introduced
Amendments
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Sep 22, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Sep 22, 2020
Latest Action
Oct 1, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4653
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
New York
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (0)
Failed on October 1, 2020
Question
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Status
Failed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Result
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Roll Number
200
Senate Roll Call Votes
Summary

This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from advocating that a court invalidate any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Text (1)
September 23, 2020
Amendments (2)
Displaying only amendments with a detailed public record (0)
Actions (6)
10/01/2020
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 200. (CR S6015)
09/29/2020
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S5890)
09/29/2020
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S5890)
09/23/2020
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 551.
09/22/2020
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text: CR S5791)
09/22/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 29, 2021 10:23:25 PM