PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed was not invoked [Record Vote Number 132] entered in Senate.
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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 4, 2007
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to amend part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.
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Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D–NV
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Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed was not invoked [Record Vote Number 132] entered in Senate.
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 42. Record Vote Number: 132. (consideration: CR S4634; text: CR S4634)
Senate roll call 132 · Individual votesMotion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4634-4636)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4461)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4461; text: CR S4461)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4461)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118.
Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Baucus under authority of the order of the Senate of 04/12/2007 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Baucus under authority of the order of the Senate of 04/12/2007 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S48)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9-11)
Introduced in Senate
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