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Sen. Rand Paul, R - Ky., whom Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell persuaded not to delay the Senate vote on the bill, also urged Trump to «veto this sad excuse for legislation.»

(You may recall that just before the Senate vote on the bill, Ms. Obama published a Washington Post editorial to encourage lawmakers to vote yes.)

The Republican - led senate voted on a bill Monday to stop federally funding the organization in response to undercover videos that appear to show executives of the organization discussing the sale of fetal tissue for medical research.

The Senate vote on the bill was stalled in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

After the conference committee produces a reconciled version of the bill, the House and Senate vote on the bill again, but this time on a bill that is identical in both chambers.

and Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) over school funding that could have sunk a Senate vote on the bill.

Harkin wants a Senate vote on the bill before Thanksgiving, but that seems increasingly unlikely with each passing day.

This story has been updated with comment from Rep. McMillin and Rep. Segal, as well as the final Senate vote on the bill.

Not exact matches

In contrast to its healthcare - overhaul push that saw many intraparty divisions, the GOP has been relatively cohesive on taxes — not a single Republican voted against the bill in the Senate.

The nearly $ 1.5 trillion tax cut required a second vote in the House after a Senate rule forced Republicans to remove three minor details from the bill on Tuesday.

When the bill came up for a vote on Dec. 24, 2009, not a single Senate Republican backed it.

Even the «skinny» bill that was the Senate's final vote on Friday morning didn't make any major changes to Medicaid.

The House is scheduled to vote on the TCJA on Tuesday and the Senate will take up the bill immediately after, meaning President Donald Trump could sign the measure into law as early as Wednesday.

Politico reports that GOP Senate leaders are aiming to vote on an Obamacare replacement bill by the end of June regardless of whether or not it has the 50 votes necessary to pass.

We have no idea when the Senate is going to vote on its health care bill.

In the meantime, the political math has become far more demanding for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with key GOP Senators saying they won't even vote yes on the motion to proceed on the bill, much less the legislation itself.

Four Republicans join 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee in voting to advance the bill.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet again delayed a vote on the Senate's controversial health care bill — this time, because Arizona Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery (and without him, there aren't enough votes to pass the legislation).

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - Congressional Republicans scrambled on Wednesday to reformulate their tax bill to satisfy lawmakers worried about how much it would balloon the U.S. budget deficit, as the measure moved toward a decisive U.S. Senate floor vote later this week.

With the Senate voting on a provisional bill to fund the government for three more weeks, Sara Fagen, DDC Advocacy, and CNBC's John Harwood discuss the road ahead for getting a final spending bill and work on immigration.

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday took a step toward passage of tax legislation that is a top White House priority, setting up a likely decisive vote later this week even though it was unclear if the bill had enough Republican support to become law.

The House on Tuesday voted to pass the version of the tax bill that came out of the bicameral conference committee, appearing to pave the way for the Senate to pass it later in the night.

The Senate has been voting for the last three hours on the bill.

A vote in the House and Senate on the final bill, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is expected as early as Tuesday.

The Republican - led Mississippi Senate voted 31 - 17 to pass House Bill 1523, otherwise known as the «religious liberty» bill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely held» religious beliBill 1523, otherwise known as the «religious liberty» bill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely held» religious belibill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely held» religious beliefs.

Earlier Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D - N.Y., urged Republicans to delay voting on the tax bill until Alabama Democrat Doug Jones is sworn into the Senate.

In a 89 - 3 vote Monday evening, the Senate agreed to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed with consideration on the national defense bill.

Republican Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has said he would allow the bill to come to a vote if Secretary of State Rex Tillerson did not make progress soon on improving relations with Russia on the Syrian civil war.

Republicans said on Sunday they expected Congress to pass a tax code overhaul this week, with a Senate vote as early as Tuesday and President Donald Trump aiming to sign the bill by week's end.

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters)- Top U.S. Republicans said on Sunday they expected Congress to pass a tax code overhaul this week, with a Senate vote as early as Tuesday and President Donald Trump aiming to sign the bill by week's end.

But Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly at odds with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan on whether or not to use reconciliation and pass another major bill without any Democratic votes.

In fact, Arizona Sen. John McCain himself — who made a dramatic return to the Senate on Tuesday following a recent brain cancer diagnosis — slammed the «shell» health care bill (it's unclear exactly which possible version he was referring to), in a speech to the Senate just minutes after he voted «aye» on the motion to proceed.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell began a successful «motion to proceed» vote on the chamber's Obamacare repeal bill around 2:30 pm Tuesday.

That's an assessment they disagree with, but Frank said GOP House members now will be hard - pressed to reject the wishes of their community bankers, who have called on House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., to bring the Senate bill up for a vote.

However, on Wednesday the Senate Public Utilities Committee canceled plans to send Senate Bill 58 to the floor for a full chamber vote at least until next year over concerns about the effects of the bill's proposed chanBill 58 to the floor for a full chamber vote at least until next year over concerns about the effects of the bill's proposed chanbill's proposed changes.

Democrats from coal - producing states, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, had delayed the Senate vote on the funding bill in a failed attempt to get a bigger extension of miners» healthcare benefits that expire at the end of this year.

The state Senate on Wednesday passed the second of two House bills defining residency for voting, HB 1264, in 14 - 10 party line vote.

It would be a devastating blow to the historical 60 - vote threshold for advancing most bills in the Senate and an unacceptable step for senators who pride themselves on tradition and deliberation.

Both the House and the currently proposed Senate bills (note that the Senate bill has not been voted on at the time of this interview) also have provisions that limit the deductibility of interest for corporations.

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Republicans hold 23 of the Senate's 40 seats (two are vacant), leaving Democrats with too few votes to block bills on their own.

What's more, a deficit - increasing bill can rely on the reconciliation process — the process that allows a simple majority vote in the Senate — only if it does not raise deficits in years after the 10 - year budget window, which means the tax breaks here would have to be temporary.

On Tuesday night, the Republican tax reform bill passed the Senate upon a party - line vote, clearing the way for it to be signed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

On Saturday the Senate approved their version of the tax bill in a narrow 51 - 49 vote after a lot of work on the hilOn Saturday the Senate approved their version of the tax bill in a narrow 51 - 49 vote after a lot of work on the hilon the hill.

The Washington State Senate today passed a proposed crowdfunding law with a 46 - 2 vote, as House Bill 2023 now moves back to the House for a vote on amendments.

The Senate is expected to vote on a budget bill this week.

But the Senate still has to vote on its own bill and there are key differences between the two.

Senate Republicans are expected to vote on their version of the tax bill this week — and it includes several massive tax cuts.

Dawn Huckelbridge, director of American Bridge's Women's Rights Initiative, released the following statement in response to the US Senate's vote on a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and threaten doctors with jail time:

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.