Advancing America's Priorities Act
A bill to advance America's priorities.
This is the Coburn Omnibus, containing approximately 35 separate bills that have had a "hold" placed on them by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) during this session of Congress. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority Leader, has put all these bills together in an attempt to attract enough support to force the whole package past Coburn and through the Senate.
Amendments
This bill has no amendments.
Bill Status
| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| July 22, 2008 |
Latest Vote
| July 28, 2008Roll call number 189 in the Senate | |||
| Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297 ) | |||
| Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 3/5 (60%) | Percentage of 'aye' votes: 52% | Result: Cloture Motion Rejected | |
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July 28, 2008 Senate Vote: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297
This is a vote on Cloture to a Motion to Proceed. Cloture at this junction tests whether members of Congress are ready to end debate and proceed to a vote. Failure to achieve cloture usually indicate a bill's future is dim. A vote in favor of
July 28, 2008 Washington Post Staff Writers
They might be interested to know that S. 3297 is an everything-but-the-kitchen sink attempt to get around Sen. Tom Coburn's hold on the stand-alone funding ...
July 28, 2008 Up for Debate This Week: The 'Coburn Omnibus' and $1000 per Family ...
S. 3297, the Advancing America's Priorities Act, combines 36 bills into one. These bills have been held up by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). ...
Blog Coverage
August 16, 2008 Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 189: On the Cloture Motion
Vote description: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297; Advancing Americaâs Priorities Act. Result: Rejected, 52-40, with 8 not voting. Barack Obama voted Not Voting. Click HERE to read on⦠...
Source: President-Obama.com
August 16, 2008 Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 189: On the Cloture Motion
Vote description: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297; Advancing Americaâs Priorities Act. Result: Rejected, 52-40, with 8 not voting. Barack Obama voted Not Voting. Click HERE to read on⦠...
Source: President-Obama.com
August 10, 2008 Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 189: On the Cloture Motion
Vote description: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297; Advancing Americaâs Priorities Act. Result: Rejected, 52-40, with 8 not voting. John McCain voted Not Voting. The John McCain related article titled ...
Source: President-Obama.com








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This bill groups together 36 completely different legislative proposals. What if your Senator strongly opposes most of these proposals, but votes for the whole package because he feels one specific proposal simply must be passed? If many Senators feel this way then than we end up with a lot of laws and programs that could not have passed on their own merits.
Please send Congress a message asking them to pass DownsizeDC.org's "One Subject at a Time Act."
Passage of this bill is a critical step toward sustainable use of marine resources and sustainable development of the coastal zone.
Wrong. Passage of the one contained bill that addresses that issue might be critical to that issue. But there are 35 other bills in here that are completely unrelated. Have you reviewed all 35 in detail to confirm that you also want *them* to pass? I doubt it. If you did, yo umay find some that you want to *not* pass even more than you want yours to pass.
The problem is that one senator has the power to arbitrarily block any bills that they don't like, forcing other senators to play stupid games like this. Lumping a bunch a unrelated bills together, however, and railroading them all through as one package is not a solution to the problem. That's just were bad laws come from.
The solution is to take away Senator Coburn's ( and every other senator's ) ability to obstruct the process like this, so that each bill can be appropriately debated and pass or fail on it's own merits.
This is another perfect example of too many pieces of legislation in one bill. Some of the bills are good, but should not be lumped together with ones that are'nt. This is why you should call your rep's and ask them to pass DownsizeDC.org's "One Subject at a Time Act." Then while your on Downsize DC's site, read the other acts and help us restore honesty and integrity back to Washington by signing the "The Enumerated Power's Act."
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