Bill Summary & Status
106th Congress (1999 - 2000)
S.AMDT.192
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S.AMDT.192
Amends: S.CON.RES.20
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (submitted 3/25/1999) (proposed 3/25/1999)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To fully fund the Class Size Initiative and the Individuals with Disabilities Act with mandatory funds, the amendment reduces the resolution's tax cut by one fifth, frees up $43 billion in discretionary spending within Function 500 (in 2001-2009) for other important education programs, and leaves adequate room in the revenue reconciliation instructions for targeted tax cuts that help those in need and tax breaks for communities to modernize and rebuild crumbling schools.
TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S3523
STATUS:
- 3/25/1999:
- Proposed by Senator Lautenberg for Senator Kennedy.
- 3/25/1999:
- Motion to table SP 192 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-45. Record Vote No: 72.
COSPONSORS(10):
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Murray, Patty [WA]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Torricelli, Robert G. [NJ]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Reed, Jack [RI]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT]
- 3/25/1999
Sen Levin, Carl [MI]
- 3/25/1999
