Key Votes
S Amdt 4070 - Prohibiting Funds in the Bill S 1200 from Being Used to Decrease Gun Ownership - Key Vote
National Key Votes
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Stages
Family
- S 1200 - Health Care for Indigenous Peoples
- S Amdt 3896 - Prohibiting the Funds in S 1200 from Being Used for Abortions
- S Amdt 4070 - Prohibiting Funds in the Bill S 1200 from Being Used to Decrease Gun Ownership
- SB 176 - Authorizes Low-Achieving Schools to Become Charter Schools
Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT. A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT REPLACES THE ENTIRE TEXT OF A PIECE OF LEGISLATION WITH A NEW TEXT.
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) (78-11) - Feb. 25, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Prohibiting Funds in the Bill S 1200 from Being Used to Decrease Gun Ownership
Vote to adopt an amendment that would prohibit funds in the Indigenous Health Bill (S 1200) from being used to "carry out any anti-firearm program, gun buy-back program, or program to discourage or stigmatize the private ownership of firearms for collecting, hunting, or self-defense."
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 14, 2008
Title: Prohibiting Funds in the Bill S 1200 from Being Used to Decrease Gun Ownership
Sponsors
- James W. 'Jim' DeMint (SC - R) (Out Of Office)