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S Amdt 2175 - School Modernization Amendment - Key Vote
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Amendment - Amendment Tabled (Senate) (54-46) - April 1, 1998 (Key vote)
Title: School Modernization Amendment
Vote to table an amendment that expresses the sense of the Senate that future legislation should allow states to spend $21.8 billion worth of zero-interest school modernization bonds to rebuild and modernize schools, and to provide Federal income tax credits to the purchasers of those bonds in lieu of interest payments.
NOTE: A SENATOR MAY MOVE TO TABLE ANY PENDING LEGISLATION, THUS HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION. A "YEA" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION, AND A "NAY" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION. TABLING MOTIONS ARE OFTEN USED TO KILL LEGISLATION.
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - March 30, 1998
Title: School Modernization Amendment
Sponsors
- Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Jeff Bingaman (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D)
- Thomas A. 'Tom' Daschle (SD - ) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas 'Tom' Harkin (IA - D)
- Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson (SD - D)
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patty Murray (WA - D)
