Key Votes
S AMDT 2213 - Federal Pell Grant Increase Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Saxby Chambliss voted Nay (Motion Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- HR 3010 - Labor, HHS and Education FY 2006 Appropriations Bill
- H AMDT 343 - Restoring Funds for Public Broadcasting
- H AMDT 346 - Annual Fit Test Funding Amendment
- S AMDT 2194 - Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Amendment
- S AMDT 2213 - Federal Pell Grant Increase Amendment
- S AMDT 2253 - Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment
- S AMDT 2259 - AIDS Drug Assistance Program Amendment
- S AMDT 2275 - Elementary and Secondary Education Act Amendment
- S AMDT 2287 - After School Funding Amendment
- S AMDT 2292 - Individuals with Disabilities Education Amendment
- HB 341 - Relating to Civil Judgments
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Motion Rejected (Senate) (48-51) - Oct. 25, 2005 (Key vote)
Title: Federal Pell Grant Increase Amendment
Vote on a motion to waive the Budget Act in order to adopt an amendment that allocates $836 million for funding the Federal Pell Grant Award Program and increases the maximum Pell Grant a student can receive to $4,250.
NOTE: A MOTION TO WAIVE THE BUDGET ACT, IF ADOPTED, TEMPORARILY SETS ASIDE A SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THE BUDGET ACT OF 1974 SO THAT AN AMENDMENT THAT VIOLATES THE ACT MAY BE CONSIDERED. A 3/5 MAJORITY IS REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Oct. 25, 2005
Title: Federal Pell Grant Increase Amendment
Sponsors
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Jeff Bingaman (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Maria Cantwell (WA - D)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Stevens Corzine (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Dayton (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA - D)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Herbert H. 'Herb' Kohl (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D)
- Joseph I. 'Joe' Lieberman (CT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D)
- Patty Murray (WA - D)
- John Francis 'Jack' Reed (RI - D)
- Harry M. Reid (NV - D)
- John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV (WV - D)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer (NY - D)
