Bill Summary & Status
106th Congress (1999 - 2000)
S.AMDT.160
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S.AMDT.160
Amends: S.CON.RES.20
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (submitted 3/24/1999) (proposed 3/24/1999)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To increase the mandatory spending in the Child Care and Development Block Grant by $7.5 billion over five years, the amendment reduces the resolution's tax cut and leaves adequate room in the revenue instructions for targeted tax cuts that help families with the costs of caring for their children, and that such relief would assist all working families with employment related child care expenses, as well as families in which one paren stays home to care for an infant.
TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S3286
STATUS:
- 3/24/1999:
- Proposed by Senator Dodd.
- 3/25/1999:
- Considered by Senate.
- 3/25/1999:
- Motion to table rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40-57. Record Vote No: 74.
- 3/25/1999:
- Amendment SP 160 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
COSPONSORS(8):
Sen Jeffords, James M. [VT]
- 3/24/1999
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA]
- 3/24/1999
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. [MN]
- 3/24/1999
Sen Murray, Patty [WA]
- 3/24/1999
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM]
- 3/24/1999
Sen Johnson, Tim [SD]
- 3/24/1999
Sen Kohl, Herb [WI]
- 3/24/1999
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA]
- 3/24/1999
