An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.

5/16/2007--Conference report filed in House. Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2008, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2007 and FY2009-FY2012. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts -
(Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY2007-FY2012, with respect to:
(1) federal revenues;
(2) new budget authority;
(3) budget outlays;
(4) deficits;
(5) debt subject to limit; and
(6) debt held by the public.
(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security and specified major functional categories for FY2007-FY2012. Title II: Budget Process -
(Sec. 201) Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any direct spending or revenue legislation increasing or causing an on-budget deficit for the current fiscal year, the budget year, or the four or nine ensuing fiscal years. Excludes from the meaning of "direct spending legislation" and "revenue legislation" any:
(1) concurrent resolution on the budget; or
(2) provision of legislation that affects the full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect on the enactment of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. Requires estimates to:
(1) use the baseline surplus or deficit used for the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget; and
(2) be calculated under the requirements of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, as in effect before September 30, 2002) for fiscal years beyond those covered by such budget resolution. Declares that, if direct spending or revenue legislation increases or causes an on-budget deficit when taken individually, it must also increase or cause the on-budget deficit when taken together with such legislation enacted since the beginning of the calendar year not accounted for in such baseline. Provides, however, that direct spending or revenue effects resulting in net deficit reduction enacted in any bill pursuant to a reconciliation instruction since the beginning of that same calendar year shall never be made available on the pay-as-you-go ledger, and shall be dedicated only for deficit reduction. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate.
(Sec. 202) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any reconciliation legislation causing or increasing a deficit or reducing a surplus in either:
(1) the current fiscal year, the budget year, and the four ensuing fiscal years; or
(2) the current fiscal year, the budget year, and the nine ensuing fiscal years. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate.
(Sec. 203) Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare for each bill and joint resolution reported from committee (including amendments and conference reports), except measures within the Committee on Appropriations' jurisdiction, an estimate of whether the measure would cause a net increase in deficits in excess of $5 billion in any of the four 10-year periods beginning in FY2018-FY2057. Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate legislation that would cause such a net increase in deficits in such periods. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate.
(Sec. 204) Treats as an emergency requirement in the Senate the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and receipts in all fiscal years resulting from a provision of direct spending or receipts legislation or appropriations for discretionary accounts that Congress designates as an emergency requirement in a measure. Declares that such new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision designated as an emergency requirement shall not count for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) or the pay-as-you-go, long-term deficits, and discretionary spending limit requirements of this title. Subjects any emergency requirement designation to a point-of-order in the Senate. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate. States that in the House the new budget authority and outlays resulting from adoption of legislation making appropriations for discretionary amounts designated to meet emergency needs shall not count for certain CBA purposes.
(Sec. 205) Continues the CBA supermajority enforcement requirements as a Senate rule through FY2017.
(Sec. 206) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate legislation that would provide an advance appropriation other than for:
(1) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; or
(2) any FY2009-FY2010 programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this resolution, but only in an aggregate of up to $25.158 billion in new budget authority in each year. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate. States that in the House legislation making a general or continuing appropriation may not provide advance appropriations, other than for FY2009-FY2010 programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this resolution, but only in an aggregate of up to $25.558 billion in new budget authority.
(Sec. 207) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would cause the discretionary spending limits in this section to be exceeded. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate. Extends Senate discretionary limits for FY2007-FY2008. Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations in the Senate and/or House for:
(1) continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations for the Social Security Administration (SSA);
(2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax enforcement and compliance;
(3) health care fraud and abuse control;
(4) in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews; and
(5) costs of overseas deployments and related activities. States that in the House the new budget authority, outlays, or receipts (above such amount specified in this Act) resulting from legislation reported making FY2008 for overseas deployments and related activities, shall not count for certain CBA purposes. Requires all congressional committees to:
(1) review programs within their jurisdictions to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by GAO reports; and
(2) include recommendations for improved governmental performance in their annual views and estimates reports required under the CBA. Requires the chairman of the appropriate Committee on the Budget, if legislation making supplemental appropriations for FY2007 is enacted, to make the appropriate adjustments in allocations, aggregates, discretionary spending limits, and other levels of new budget authority and outlays to reflect the difference between such measure and the corresponding levels assumed in this resolution.
(Sec. 208) Declares that previous discretionary limits and allocations under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 shall no longer apply in the Senate.
(Sec. 209) Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any appropriations legislation that includes any provision which changes a mandatory program producing net costs that would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act were they included in non-appropriations legislation. Subjects a provision to a point of order if:
(1) it increases budget authority in at least one of the nine fiscal years that follow the budget year and over the total of such year and the nine ensuing fiscal years;
(2) it increases net outlays over the total of the nine ensuing fiscal years; and
(3) the sum total of all changes in mandatory programs in the legislation would increase net outlays as measured over the total of the nine ensuing fiscal years. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate. Excludes from such point-of-order:
(1) legislation making supplemental appropriations for FY2007; and
(2) any provision changing a mandatory program in appropriations legislation if such provision has been enacted in each of the three fiscal years before the budget year. Title III: Reserve Funds -
(Sec. 301) Establishes specified Senate priorities and findings, including, but not limited to, making the enactment of legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) a top priority for the remainder of FY2007, during the first session of the 110th Congress. Creates deficit-neutral reserve funds in the Senate and/or House, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning:
(1) reauthorization of SCHIP;
(2) care of wounded service members;
(3) tax relief;
(4) reform of the alternative minimum tax;
(5) middle-income tax relief and economic equity;
(6) Medicare improvements (prescription drugs, physician payments, the Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program, hospital payments, and addressing physician and other health care provider shortages);
(7) health care quality, effectiveness, efficiency, and transparency;
(8) higher education;
(9) the farm bill;
(10) energy legislation;
(11) county payment legislation;
(12) reauthorization of terrorism risk insurance;
(13) affordable housing;
(14) receipts from the Bonneville Power Administration;
(15) Indian claims settlement;
(16) health care enhancement;
(17) child care;
(18) immigration reform;
(19) manufacturing initiatives;
(20) the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including drug importation;
(21) Medicaid;
(22) San Joaquin River Restoration and Navajo Nation Water Rights Settlements; and
(23) selected tax relief policies.
(Sec. 317) Creates a congressional deficit-reduction reserve fund, subject to specified conditions, for legislation:
(1) that achieves savings by eliminating or reducing improper payments made by agencies reporting improper payment estimates under the Improper Information Act of 2002 and uses such savings to reduce the deficit; or
(2) in the House, that contain offsets so designated for that purpose). Authorizes the Chairman of the appropriate Committee on the Budget to revise the committee allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution upon enactment of legislation:
(1) that achieves savings by requiring that agencies increase their use of the recovery audits authorized by the Erroneous Payments Recovery Act of 2001 and uses such savings to reduce the deficit; or
(2) in the House, that contain offsets so designated for that purpose).
(Sec. 321) Requires the Chairman of the House Committee, for the duration of the 110th Congress, if the House considers legislation decreasing total revenues for the budget year and the following four fiscal years below the CBO baseline for the most recent budget resolution, to increase the revenue aggregates by $179.816 billion for the total over FY2008-FY2012. Title IV: Policy -
(Sec. 401) Declares the policy of:
(1) the House and Senate on middle-income tax relief; and
(2) this resolution on defense priorities and college affordability. Title V: Sense of the House and Senate of Congress-
(Sec. 501) Expresses the sense of Congress on:
(1) servicemembers' and veterans' health care and other priorities;
(2) the Innovation Agenda: A Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America #1;
(3) homeland security;
(4) the ongoing need to respond to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita;
(5) long-term sustainability of entitlements;
(6) the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger;
(7) affordable health coverage;
(8) extension of the statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rule;
(9) long-term budgeting;
(10) pay parity;
(11) waste, fraud, and abuse;
(12) child support enforcement;
(13) state veterans cemeteries; and
(14) the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). Title VI: Reconciliation -
(Sec. 601) Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]

Committees

• Senate Budget

Amendments

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Amendments to S.Con.Res.21

Number	Status	Purpose
S.Amdt.464	Withdrawn	To limit farm payments to $250,000 per person per year and apply the savings to renewable energy/rural development, conservation, and nutrition.
S.Amdt.465	Pass	To provide for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income tax rates on small businesses, family farms, or family ranches.
S.Amdt.466	Fail	To exclude the extension of tax relief provided in 2001 and 2003 from points of order provided in the resolution and other budget points of order.
S.Amdt.467	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.468	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.469	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.470	Pass	To require disclosure of the interest costs of legislation.
S.Amdt.471	Fail	To amend the budget resolution for fiscal year 2008 in order to accommodate the full repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax preventing 23 million families and individuals from being subject to the AMT in 2007, and millions of families and individuals in subsequent years.
S.Amdt.472	Fail	To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.
S.Amdt.473	Fail	To save families from the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) first by permitting a deduction for personal exemptions for purposes of computing the AMT.
S.Amdt.474	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.475	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.476	Fail	To ensure that our troops serving in harms way remain Americas top budget priority by ensuring full funding for the Department of Defense within the regular appropriations process, reducing reliance on supplemental appropriations bills, and by improving the integrity of the Congressional budget process.
S.Amdt.477	Pass	To provide for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.
S.Amdt.478	Fail	To extend the 35, 33, 28, and 25 percent income tax rate structure and protect nearly 28,000,000 families and individuals, including small business owners, from having their tax rates increase to 39.6, 36, 31, or 28 percent.
S.Amdt.479	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.480	Pass	To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for permanently extending and increasing the above-the-line deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expanding such deduction to include qualified professional development expenses.
S.Amdt.481	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.482	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.483	Pass	To provide a point of order against any budget resolution that fails to achieve an on-budget balance within 5 years.
S.Amdt.484	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.485	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.486	Pass	To provide additional funding resources in FY2008 for investments in innovation and education in order to improve the competitiveness of the United States.
S.Amdt.487	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.488	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.489	Fail	To establish a reserve fund for Social Security.
S.Amdt.490	Pass	To provide funding to eliminate the offset between military retirement pay and disability compensation for America's veterans.
S.Amdt.491	Fail	To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending on programs rated ineffective by the Program Assessment Rating Tool.
S.Amdt.492	Pass	To provide tax relief to middle class families and small businesses and to expand health insurance coverage for children.
S.Amdt.493	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.494	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.495	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.496	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.497	Fail	To establish a 60-vote point of order for legislation that creates unfunded mandates on small business concerns.
S.Amdt.498	Fail	To strike the reserve funds.
S.Amdt.499	Pass	To develop biodefense medical countermeasures by fully funding the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in a fiscally responsible manner.
S.Amdt.500	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.501	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.502	Pass	To ensure the appropriate use of funds provided for the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.503	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.504	Pass	To affirm the Senate's commitment to the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
S.Amdt.505	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.506	Pass	To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the health professions.
S.Amdt.507	Fail	To protect families, family farms and small businesses by raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%, to extend college tuition deduction, to extend the student loan interest deduction, to extend the teacher classroom deduction, to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, to maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and to promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.
S.Amdt.508	Fail	To establish a reserve fund for protecting coverage choices, additional benefits, and lower cost-sharing for Medicare beneficiaries.
S.Amdt.509	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.510	Pass	To provide for the consideration of an increase in the tobacco products user fee rate, but only to the extent that such rate increase does not result in an increase of more than 61 cents per pack of cigarettes, with all revenue generated by such increase dedicated to the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
S.Amdt.511	Fail	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that will cover kids first.
S.Amdt.512	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.513	Fail	To provide for true deficit reduction in appropriation bills.
S.Amdt.514	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.515	Fail	To prevent the adding of extraneous earmarks to an emergency war supplemental.
S.Amdt.516	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.517	Pass	To provide for extension of the deduction for State and local sales taxes in a deficit-neutral manner.
S.Amdt.518	Pass	To fund the State Department, USAID, and other foreign affairs agencies and their programs at the level requested by the President.
S.Amdt.519	Pass	To increase funding for vital first responder homeland security programs, including $400,000,000 to establish a dedicated interoperability grant program and $331,000,000 for Emergency Management Performance Grants.
S.Amdt.520	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.521	Offered	To improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs and reduce the Federal debt by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.
S.Amdt.522	Pass	To extend a provision allowing veterans to qualify for low interest mortgage programs.
S.Amdt.523	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.524	Pass	To provide $100 million for the Summer Term Education Program supporting summer learning opportunities for low-income students in the early grades to lessen summer learning losses that contribute to the achievement gaps separating low-income students from their middle-class peers.
S.Amdt.525	Fail	To provide reconciliation instructions of $33.8 billion to make provider payments more accurate, to improve Medicare Part B income relation provisions, expand those provisions to Medicare Part D and reduce the deficit.
S.Amdt.526	Pass	To make permanent the tuition tax deduction and is fully offset by closing a portion of the tax gap through enhanced information reporting requirements.
S.Amdt.527	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.528	Pass	To increase funding by $100 million for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) programs administered by the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Humans Services, with an offset of an unallocated reduction to non-defense discretionary spending and/or reduction to administrative expenses.
S.Amdt.529	Pass	To increase funding for the COPS Program to $1.15 billion for FY 2008 to provide state and local law enforcement with critical resources necessary to prevent and respond to violent crime and acts of terrorism and is offset by an unallocated reduction to non-defense discretionary spending and/or reduction to administrative expenses.
S.Amdt.530	Pass	To save Social Security first, not discretionary spending.
S.Amdt.531	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.532	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.533	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.534	Pass	To prevent the adding of earmarks for spinach producers to an emergency war supplemental appropriations bill.
S.Amdt.535	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.536	Fail	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that eliminates enhanced Federal matching payments for coverage of nonpregnant adults and permits States to offer supplemental dental and mental health benefits for children enrolled in SCHIP.
S.Amdt.537	Pass	To include in the veterans' reserve fund a provision for GI educational benefits.
S.Amdt.538	Pass	To reduce the deficit by recovering improper payments.
S.Amdt.539	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.540	Pass	To reduce the deficit through the use of recovery audits.
S.Amdt.541	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.542	Pass	To provide the Veterans Benefits Administration with additional resources and staff to more effectively meet their increasing workload and to address the unacceptably large claims backlog that continues to cause undue hardships for veterans and their families across the country.
S.Amdt.543	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.544	Pass	To provide for the use of the deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax relief for enhancing charitable giving from individual retirement accounts.
S.Amdt.545	Fail	To restore the top marginal tax rate to pre-2001 levels on taxable income in excess of $1 million and use the increased revenue to increase funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Act.
S.Amdt.546	Pass	To provide for a total of $99,000,000 in COPS Hot Spots funding, as authorized in the Combat Meth Act.
S.Amdt.547	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.548	Pass	To ensure that Medicare payments to physicians include incentives to improve the quality and efficiency of care furnished to Medicare beneficiaries.
S.Amdt.549	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.550	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.551	Pass	To increase funding for geothermal, ocean (wave, current, tidal), and small hydroelectric energy assistance.
S.Amdt.552	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.553	Pass	To extend financial relief for our reservists and national guard deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq by allowing them to make penalty-free withdrawals of their retirement funds through the year 2012.
S.Amdt.554	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.555	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.556	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.557	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.558	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.559	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.560	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.561	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.562	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.563	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.564	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.565	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.566	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.567	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.568	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.569	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.570	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.571	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.572	Pass	To increase funds for the implementation of the forest management plans developed for the States of Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, with an offset.
S.Amdt.573	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.574	Pass	To provide an additional $543,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
S.Amdt.575	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.576	Withdrawn	To prevent the adding of earmarks for farmland damaged by freezing temperatures to an emergency war supplemental appropriations bill.
S.Amdt.577	Fail	To provide budget levels to extend through 2012 the production tax credit for electricity produced from renewable resources, the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, and energy tax provisions for energy efficient buildings and power plants.
S.Amdt.578	Fail	To repeal the death tax.
S.Amdt.579	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.580	Pass	To make funds available to ensure that Survivor Benefit Plan annuities are not reduced by the amount of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation received by military families.
S.Amdt.581	Pass	To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.
S.Amdt.582	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.583	Fail	To reform the death tax by setting the exemption at $5 million per estate, indexed for inflation, and the top death tax rate at no more than 35% beginning in 2010; to avoid subjecting an estimated 119,200 families, family businesses, and family farms to the death tax each and every year; to promote continued economic growth and job creation; and to make the enhanced teacher deduction permanent.
S.Amdt.584	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.585	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.586	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.587	Withdrawn	To prohibit the scoring of any amount realized from the sale or lease of land or interests in land that are part of the National Park System, the National Forest System, or the National Wildlife Refuge System.
S.Amdt.588	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.589	Pass	To establish a reserve fund for the safe importation of FDA-approved prescription drugs.
S.Amdt.590	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.591	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.592	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.593	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.594	Fail	To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for protecting State flexibility in Medicaid.
S.Amdt.595	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.596	Pass	To increase LIHEAP spending by $703 million in FY 2008 for a total LIHEAP level of $3.2 billion, divided between the regular and contingency grant funds at FY 2006 levels.
S.Amdt.597	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.598	Pass	To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending certain energy tax incentives.
S.Amdt.599	Pass	To add $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy.
S.Amdt.600	Pass	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide for a delay in the implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and SCHIP.
S.Amdt.601	Pass	To establish a reserve fund to provide additional training for physicians and attract more physicians in States that face a shortage of physicians in training.
S.Amdt.602	Pass	To increase funding for drug safety oversight at the Food and Drug Administration by $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2008.
S.Amdt.603	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.604	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.605	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.606	Fail	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.
S.Amdt.607	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.608	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.609	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.610	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.611	Pass	To increase the budgeting totals for the National Nanotechnology Initiative for environmental, health and safety research and development for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
S.Amdt.612	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.613	Pass	To create a deficit-neutral reserve for asbestos reform legislation.
S.Amdt.614	Pass	To increase the budgetary totals for the Department of Commerce to provide additional trade enforcement capability and to provide an offset.
S.Amdt.615	Pass	To include in the veterans' reserve fund services for low-vision and blinded veterans.
S.Amdt.616	Pass	To increase funding for small business programs at the Small Business Administration such as microloans, Women's Business Centers, and Small Business Development Centers.
S.Amdt.617	Pass	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending preschool opportunities to children.
S.Amdt.618	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.619	Pass	To provide Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funding as authorized in the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization act of 2005.
S.Amdt.620	Pass	To provide funding for NASA aeronautics at the fiscal year 2007 levels.
S.Amdt.621	Pass	To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a repeal of the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security Benefits.
S.Amdt.622	Pass	Point of order against using reconciliation to create new mandatory programs and 20% limitation on spending reconciliation.
S.Amdt.623	Pass	To clarify the treatment of certain provisions in conference reports.
S.Amdt.624	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.625	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.626	Fail	To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax, and to promote continued economic growth and job creation.
S.Amdt.627	Pass	To provide additional funding for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to enhance its mission of protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from consumer products.
S.Amdt.628	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.629	Pass	To provide the use of the deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax relief for reauthorizing the new markets tax credit for an additional 5 years.
S.Amdt.630	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.631	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.632	Pass	To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for manufacturing initiatives.
S.Amdt.633	Pass	To provide the Secretary of Agriculture with the necessary funding to effectively address the critical water and waste water needs of rural communities in the United States.
S.Amdt.634	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.635	Pass	To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health insurance.
S.Amdt.636	Pass	To establish a reserve fund to improve payment accuracy for hospitals under the Medicare program.
S.Amdt.637	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.638	Pass	To create a point of order against increasing mandatory spending in appropriations bills.
S.Amdt.639	Pass	To establish a reserve fund to improve the health care system.
S.Amdt.640	Pass	To provide the Secretary of Agriculture with the necessary funding to implement a pilot program authorized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to study the elimination of the reduced-price category for school lunches.

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Latest Vote

May 17, 2007Roll call number 172 in the Senate
Question: On the Conference Report (S. Con. Res. 21 Conference Report )
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)	Percentage of 'aye' votes: 52%	Result: Conference Report Agreed to

Democrats Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]

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Republicans Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]

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Others Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]

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Democrats Voting 'Nay'

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Republicans Voting 'Nay'

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Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]
Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
Sen. Larry Craig [R, ID]
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]
Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH]
Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]
Sen. Trent Lott [R, MS]
Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL]
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
Sen. Ted Stevens [R, AK]
Sen. Craig Thomas [R, WY]
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]
Sen. John Warner [R, VA]

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Others Voting 'Nay'

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Democrats Voting 'Abstain'

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Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]

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Republicans Voting 'Abstain'

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Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]
Sen. Gordon Smith [R, OR]
Sen. John Sununu [R, NH]

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Others Voting 'Abstain'

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Voting History

Date	Chamber	Question	Aye	Nay	Result
May 17, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Conference Report (S. Con. Res. 21 Conference Report )	52	40	Conference Report Agreed to	See Vote
May 17, 2007	House	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On Agreeing to the Conference Report: S CON RES 21 Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012	214	209	Passed	See Vote
May 09, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 21 )	44	51	Motion Rejected	See Vote
May 09, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Motion (Conrad Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res.21 )	51	44	Motion Agreed to	See Vote
May 09, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Motion (Kyl Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 21 )	54	41	Motion Agreed to	See Vote
May 08, 2007	House	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On Motion to Instruct Conferees: S CON RES 21 Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012	364	57	Passed	See Vote
May 08, 2007	House	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On Agreeing to the Resolution: S CON RES 21 Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012	212	207	Passed	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Resolution (S. Con. Res. 21 as Amended )	52	47	Resolution Agreed to	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Lott Amdt. No. 606 )	49	50	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Chambliss Amendment No. 536 )	44	55	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Bunning Amdt. No. 594 as Modified )	44	55	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Biden Amdt. No. 529 )	65	33	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 578 )	44	55	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Grassley Amdt. No. 471 )	44	53	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Graham Amdt. No. 478 )	46	52	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Thomas Amendment No. 515 )	39	59	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Smith Amdt. No. 510 as Modified )	59	40	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Allard Amendment No. 521 )	39	60	Motion Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Hatch Amdt. No. 508 )	49	50	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Kyl Amdt. No. 583 )	48	51	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 626 )	25	74	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Sessions Amdt. No. 473 )	46	53	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 23, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 513 )	38	61	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Coleman Amdt. No. 577 )	42	53	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Conrad Amdt. No. 598 )	54	42	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Thomas Amdt. No. 498 )	29	67	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Enzi Amendment No. 497 )	47	49	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Sanders Amdt. No. 545 as Modified )	38	58	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Ensign Amdt. No. 472 )	44	52	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Cornyn Amdt. No. 525 as Modified )	23	74	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Cornyn Amdt. No. 511 )	38	59	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Allard Amdt. No. 491 )	33	64	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 22, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 489 )	45	52	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 21, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Bingaman Amdt. No. 486 )	97	1	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
March 21, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Bunning Amdt. No. 483 )	98	0	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
March 21, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Ensign Amdt. No. 476 )	47	51	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 21, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Sessions Amdt. 466 as Modified )	46	52	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 21, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Cornyn Amdt. No. 477 )	63	35	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
March 21, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Kyl Amdt. No. 507 )	47	51	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
March 21, 2007	Senate	S.Con.Res.21 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. On the Amendment (Baucus Amdt. No. 492 )	97	1	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote

All Bill Actions

• May 17, 2007: Motions to reconsider la
• May 17, 2007: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
• Unknown action
• May 17, 2007: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
• May 17, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report S. Con. Res. 21.
• May 17, 2007: Mr. Spratt brought up conference report H. Rept. 110-153 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 409.
• May 17, 2007: Rule H. Res. 409 passed House.
• May 17, 2007: Conference report considered in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
• May 17, 2007: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
• Unknown action
• May 17, 2007: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• May 16, 2007: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 409 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. Con. Res. 21. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for one hour.
• May 16, 2007: Rules Committee Resolution <a href="
• May 16, 2007: Conference report H. Rept. 110-153 filed.
• May 10, 2007: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• May 09, 2007: Senate appointed conferees. Conrad; Murray; Wyden; Gregg; Domenici.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 51. Record Vote Number: 161.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Conrad to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 160.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Kyl to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 41. Record Vote Number: 159.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Stabenow to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Cornyn to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Cornyn to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the final conference report include the supermajority point of order against consideration of any bill, resolution, amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference report that includes a Federal income tax rate increase made in Senate.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Stabenow to instruct Senate conferees to insist on including the Deficit-Neutral Reserve Fund for Energy Legislation in Section 307 of S. Con. Res. 21 as it passed the Senate made in Senate.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Conrad to instruct Senate conferees to insist on the Senate amendment with regard to tax relief, insist on Section 303 of the Senate resolution that provides for tax relief, and insist on the Senate position that any additional revenues to meet these tax policies are achieved made in Senate.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees to reject the House amendment that assumes a $916 billion tax increase made in Senate.
• May 09, 2007: Motion by Senator Kyl to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the final conference report include the Senate position to provide for a reduction in revenues, sufficient to accommodate legislation to provide for permanent death tax relief made in Senate.
• May 09, 2007: Senate disagreed to House amendment, agreed to request for conference.
• May 08, 2007: The Speaker appointed conferees: Spratt, DeLauro, Edwards, Ryan (WI), and Barrett (SC).
• May 08, 2007: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 364 - 57 (Roll no. 308).
• May 08, 2007: Considered as unfinished business.
• May 08, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of the debate on the Ryan of Wisconsin motion to instruct conferees on S.Con.Res. 21, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Ryan demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until later in the legislative day.
• May 08, 2007: The previous question was ordered without objection.
• May 08, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Ryan of Wisconsin motion to instruct conferees on S.Con.Res. 21. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to recede from the revenue levels set forth in the House amendment and insist on the policy statement in section 401.
• May 08, 2007: Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct conferees.
• May 08, 2007: On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to without objection.
• May 08, 2007: Mr. Spratt moved that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference.
• Passed roll in the House on May 08, 2007. On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 207 (Roll no. 307).
• May 08, 2007: The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H. Con. Res. 99. Agreed to without objection.
• May 08, 2007: Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res. 21. Upon the adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to consider in the House, S. Con. Res. 21. All points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution are waived. The concurrent resolution shall be considered as read. It shall be in order to strike out all after the resolving clause of S. Con. Res. 21 and insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H. Con. Res. 99 as adopted by the House. It shall then be in order for the House to insist on its amendment to S. Con. Res. 21 and to ask for a conference.
• May 08, 2007: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 370.
• May 08, 2007: Rule H. Res. 370 passed House.
• May 08, 2007: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
• May 03, 2007: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 370 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res. 21. Upon the adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to consider in the House, S. Con. Res. 21. All points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution are waived. The concurrent resolution shall be considered as read. It shall be in order to strike out all after the resolving clause of S. Con. Res. 21 and insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H. Con. Res. 99 as adopted by the House. It shall then be in order for the House to insist on its amendment to S. Con. Res. 21 and to ask for a conference.
• Mar 28, 2007: Held at the desk.
• Mar 28, 2007: Received in the House.
• Mar 28, 2007: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Passed roll in the Senate on Mar 23, 2007. Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 114.
• Mar 23, 2007: Considered by Senate.
• Mar 22, 2007: Considered by Senate.
• Mar 22, 2007: <a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery
• Mar 21, 2007: Considered by Senate.
• Mar 20, 2007: Measure laid before Senate by