S. 4653 — 116th Congress

A bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Originated in the Senate · Introduced Sep 22, 2020 · Health

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116th Congress

Measure	Title
S.J.Res. 50 · Taxation	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, relating to "Contributions in Exchange for State or Local Tax Credits".
S.J.Res. 2 · International Affairs	A joint resolution disapproving the President's proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.

Latest action

Oct 1, 2020

Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 200. (CR S6015)

CRS summary

As of Sep 22, 2020

Introduced in Senate

This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from advocating that a court invalidate any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Oct 1, 2020 · On the Cloture Motion

Full roll call

Cloture Motion Rejected (51–43)

Yea — 51: 41 D · 6 R · 4 I

Member	Party	State
Doug Jones	Democrat	AL
Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	CA
Michael F. Bennet	Democrat	CO
Christopher Murphy	Democrat	CT
Richard Blumenthal	Democrat	CT
Christopher A. Coons	Democrat	DE
Thomas R. Carper	Democrat	DE
Brian Schatz	Democrat	HI
Mazie K. Hirono	Democrat	HI
Richard J. Durbin	Democrat	IL
Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	IL
Edward J. Markey	Democrat	MA
Elizabeth Warren	Democrat	MA
Benjamin L. Cardin	Democrat	MD
Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	MD
Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	MI
Gary C. Peters	Democrat	MI
Amy Klobuchar	Democrat	MN
Tina Smith	Democrat	MN
Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	NH
Margaret Wood Hassan	Democrat	NH
Cory A. Booker	Democrat	NJ
Robert Menendez	Democrat	NJ
Martin Heinrich	Democrat	NM
Tom Udall	Democrat	NM
Catherine Cortez Masto	Democrat	NV
Jacky Rosen	Democrat	NV
Charles E. Schumer	Democrat	NY
Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Democrat	NY
Sherrod Brown	Democrat	OH
Jeff Merkley	Democrat	OR
Ron Wyden	Democrat	OR
Robert P. Casey, Jr.	Democrat	PA
Jack Reed	Democrat	RI
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	RI
Mark R. Warner	Democrat	VA
Tim Kaine	Democrat	VA
Patrick J. Leahy	Democrat	VT
Maria Cantwell	Democrat	WA
Patty Murray	Democrat	WA
Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	WI
Kyrsten Sinema	Independent	AZ
Angus S. King, Jr.	Independent	ME
Bernard Sanders	Independent	VT
Joe Manchin, III	Independent	WV
Dan Sullivan	Republican	AK
Lisa Murkowski	Republican	AK
Martha McSally	Republican	AZ
Cory Gardner	Republican	CO
Joni Ernst	Republican	IA
Susan M. Collins	Republican	ME

Nay — 43: 43 R

Member	Party	State
Richard C. Shelby	Republican	AL
John Boozman	Republican	AR
Tom Cotton	Republican	AR
Rick Scott	Republican	FL
David Perdue	Republican	GA
Kelly Loeffler	Republican	GA
Chuck Grassley	Republican	IA
James E. Risch	Republican	ID
Mike Crapo	Republican	ID
Mike Braun	Republican	IN
Todd Young	Republican	IN
Jerry Moran	Republican	KS
Pat Roberts	Republican	KS
Mitch McConnell	Republican	KY
Rand Paul	Republican	KY
Bill Cassidy	Republican	LA
John Kennedy	Republican	LA
Josh Hawley	Republican	MO
Roy Blunt	Republican	MO
Cindy Hyde-Smith	Republican	MS
Roger F. Wicker	Republican	MS
Steve Daines	Republican	MT
Richard Burr	Republican	NC
Thom Tillis	Republican	NC
John Hoeven	Republican	ND
Kevin Cramer	Republican	ND
Ben Sasse	Republican	NE
Deb Fischer	Republican	NE
Rob Portman	Republican	OH
James Lankford	Republican	OK
James M. Inhofe	Republican	OK
Patrick J. Toomey	Republican	PA
Tim Scott	Republican	SC
John Thune	Republican	SD
Mike Rounds	Republican	SD
Marsha Blackburn	Republican	TN
John Cornyn	Republican	TX
Ted Cruz	Republican	TX
Mitt Romney	Republican	UT
Ron Johnson	Republican	WI
Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	WV
John Barrasso	Republican	WY
Michael B. Enzi	Republican	WY

Not Voting — 6: 4 R · 2 D

Member	Party	State
Kamala D. Harris	Democrat	CA
Jon Tester	Democrat	MT
Marco Rubio	Republican	FL
Lindsey Graham	Republican	SC
Lamar Alexander	Republican	TN
Mike Lee	Republican	UT

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