UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS (click here)
S. 2578 (ORDER NO. 459)
1.—Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on the motion to proceed to S. 2578, a bill to ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees’ birth control and health care decisions, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be
waived. (July 14, 2014.)
S. 2432 (ORDER NO. 409)
2.—Ordered, That with respect to the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2432, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (June 9, 2014.)
H.R. 3474 (ORDER NO. 332)
3.—Ordered, That the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII for the motion to invoke cloture on Amdt. No. 3060, offered by the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), to H.R. 3474, an Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, be waived; provided, that the filing deadline for first
degree amendments be 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014, and the filing deadlinefor second degree amendments be 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. (May 14, 2014.)...
...S. 1845 (ORDER NO. 265)
6.—Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motions filed on February 4, 2014, the filing deadline for first degree amendments to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes, be 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014, and the filing deadline for second degree amendments to Amdt. No. 2714 and S. 1845 be 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014; provided, that with respect to those cloture motions, the mandatory quorums required under Rule XXII be waived,
and that Wednesday, February 5, 2014, count as an intervening day for the purposes of Rule XXII.
Ordered further, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on January 9, 2014, the filing deadline for first degree amendments to S. 1845 be 3:00 p.m. on Monday, January 13, 2014, and the filing deadline for second degree amendments to S. 1845 be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2014; provided, that with respect to that cloture motion, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (Jan. 9, 13, Feb. 4, 2014.)
S. 1197 (ORDER NO. 91)
7.—Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion on S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived....
...S. 1569 (ORDER NO. 211)
9.—Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on the motion to proceed to S. 1569, a bill to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until December 31, 2014, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (Oct. 10, 2013.)
S. 1569: Default Prevention Act of 2013 (click here)
The Administration strongly supports passage of S. 1569, the Default Prevention Act of 2013. The legislation allows the United States Government to pay its bills through the end of calendar year 2014. Raising the debt limit allows the Treasury to pay for obligations that the Congress has already authorized—the legislation does not authorize any new spending. Once the Congress agrees to pay the Government’s bills and end this Government shutdown, the President
looks forward to working with the Congress to create jobs and build on the progress the Nation has made to cut the deficit in half since 2009. But the Nation's economy cannot afford the threat of default and shutdown month after month just so a few Members of Congress can try to force passage of an extreme, failed legislative agenda. Funding the Government and paying its bills is the Congress's job. Without an increase in the debt limit, the United States will default on its bills and not have the resources necessary to honor all of its financial commitments, triggering an economic shutdown which could cause irrevocable damage to the Nation’s economy and financial markets. Swift passage of this bill would put an end to the reckless and irresponsible
threat to the Nation's economy and the credit rating of the United States posed by the failure of the Congress to act. The President looks forward to signing this bill and providing certainty that the United States will pay all of its bills.
S. 2578 (ORDER NO. 459)
1.—Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on the motion to proceed to S. 2578, a bill to ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees’ birth control and health care decisions, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be
waived. (July 14, 2014.)
S. 2432 (ORDER NO. 409)
2.—Ordered, That with respect to the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2432, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (June 9, 2014.)
H.R. 3474 (ORDER NO. 332)
3.—Ordered, That the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII for the motion to invoke cloture on Amdt. No. 3060, offered by the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), to H.R. 3474, an Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, be waived; provided, that the filing deadline for first
degree amendments be 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014, and the filing deadlinefor second degree amendments be 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. (May 14, 2014.)...
...S. 1845 (ORDER NO. 265)
6.—Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motions filed on February 4, 2014, the filing deadline for first degree amendments to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes, be 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014, and the filing deadline for second degree amendments to Amdt. No. 2714 and S. 1845 be 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014; provided, that with respect to those cloture motions, the mandatory quorums required under Rule XXII be waived,
and that Wednesday, February 5, 2014, count as an intervening day for the purposes of Rule XXII.
Ordered further, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on January 9, 2014, the filing deadline for first degree amendments to S. 1845 be 3:00 p.m. on Monday, January 13, 2014, and the filing deadline for second degree amendments to S. 1845 be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2014; provided, that with respect to that cloture motion, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (Jan. 9, 13, Feb. 4, 2014.)
S. 1197 (ORDER NO. 91)
7.—Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion on S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived....
...S. 1569 (ORDER NO. 211)
9.—Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on the motion to proceed to S. 1569, a bill to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until December 31, 2014, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (Oct. 10, 2013.)
S. 1569: Default Prevention Act of 2013 (click here)
This bill is provisionally dead due to a failed vote for cloture on October 12, 2013. Cloture is required to move past a Senate filibuster or the threat of a filibuster and takes a 3/5ths vote. In practice, most bills must pass cloture to move forward in the Senate.
Default Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (P.L. 113-3) to suspend the public debt limit through December 31, 2014.
Revises the special rule relating to obligations issued during the suspension period to provide for an increase in the debt limit, effective January 1, 2015, to the extent that:
(1) the face amount of obligations issued and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the federal government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on January 1, 2015, exceeds
(2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act.
Prohibits an obligation from being taken into account unless its issuance was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the federal government that required payment before January 1, 2015.
The Executive Office of the President
looks forward to working with the Congress to create jobs and build on the progress the Nation has made to cut the deficit in half since 2009. But the Nation's economy cannot afford the threat of default and shutdown month after month just so a few Members of Congress can try to force passage of an extreme, failed legislative agenda. Funding the Government and paying its bills is the Congress's job. Without an increase in the debt limit, the United States will default on its bills and not have the resources necessary to honor all of its financial commitments, triggering an economic shutdown which could cause irrevocable damage to the Nation’s economy and financial markets. Swift passage of this bill would put an end to the reckless and irresponsible
threat to the Nation's economy and the credit rating of the United States posed by the failure of the Congress to act. The President looks forward to signing this bill and providing certainty that the United States will pay all of its bills.
