Bill Summary & Status
104th Congress (1995 - 1996)
S.AMDT.3979
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S.AMDT.3979
Amends: S.CON.RES.57
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (submitted 5/16/1996) (proposed 5/16/1996)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To restore $50 billion in excessive Medicare cuts designed to pay for new tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, offset by the extension of expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms; to protect seniors against unjustified increases in premiums and other out-of-pocket costs; to prevent the closing of rural hospitals and other excessive provider cuts that erode access to needed medical services; to prevent the implementation of policies designed to force seniors to give up their own doctors to join private health plans; and to protect Medicare against policies that will cause it to wither on the vine.
TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S5202
STATUS:
- 5/16/1996:
- Proposed by Senator Rockefeller.
- 5/16/1996:
- Motion to table SP 3979 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-43. Record Vote No: 117.
COSPONSORS(11):
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. [MN]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Ford, Wendell H. [KY]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Exon, J. James [NE]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA]
- 5/16/1996
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD]
- 5/16/1996
