Bill Summary & Status
112th Congress (2011 - 2012)
S.AMDT.1488
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S.AMDT.1488
Amends: S.2038 , S.AMDT.1470
Sponsor: Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] (submitted 1/31/2012) (proposed 1/31/2012)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To express the sense of the Senate that the Senate should pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution that limits the number of terms a Member of Congress may serve.
TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S219
STATUS:
- 1/31/2012:
- Amendment SA 1488 proposed by Senator DeMint to Amendment SA 1470. (consideration: CR S195-197; text: CR S195)
- 2/1/2012:
- Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S239)
- 2/2/2012:
- Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S291, S308)
- 2/2/2012:
- Amendment SA 1488, under the order of 2/2/2012, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 24 - 75. Record Vote Number: 11.
COSPONSORS(1):
Sen Vitter, David [LA] - 1/31/2012
