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The bill passed the Senate by voice vote on April 21, 2020. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 388–5 on April 23. [ 4 ] The five House "no" votes were four right-wing Republicans ( Thomas Massie , Andy Biggs , Ken Buck , and Jody Hice ) and one left-wing Democrat ( Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ). [ 14 ]
An authorization bill is a type of legislation used in the United States to authorize the activities of the various agencies and programs that are part of the federal government of the United States. Authorizing such programs is one of the powers of the United States Congress .
The Origination Clause, sometimes called the Revenue Clause, [1] [2] is Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.The clause says that all bills for raising revenue must start in the U.S. House of Representatives, but the U.S. Senate may propose or concur with amendments, as in the case of other bills.
Initiatives and referendums—collectively known as "ballot measures", "propositions", or simply "questions"—differ from most legislation passed by representative democracies; ordinarily, an elected legislative body develops and passes laws. Initiatives and referendums, by contrast, allow citizens to vote directly on legislation.
Across-the-Board Spending Cuts, a package of three separate bills that would require federal agencies to cut non-security discretionary spending by 1%, 2%, or 5%, beginning in fiscal year 2026.
Most of the bill’s provisions would apply retroactively to 2023 federal returns as well as 2024 and 2025 returns. ... While the bill passed the US House with an overwhelmingly bipartisan margin ...
The bill was introduced on October 29, 2009 and passed on November 7, during the 1st Session of the 111th Congress. Its primary sponsor was the Dean of the House, John Dingell of Michigan. The bill is a revised version of an earlier measure, the proposed America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (HR 3200 [18] [19]).
The house may debate and amend the bill; the precise procedures used by the House of Representatives and the Senate differ. A final vote on the bill follows. Once a bill is approved by one house, it is sent to the other, which may pass, reject, or amend it. For the bill to become law, both houses must agree to identical versions of the bill. [6]