Sponsor and status
Joni Ernst
Sponsor. Senator for Iowa. Republican.
114th Congress (2015–2017)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress but was killed due to a failed vote for cloture, under a fast-track vote called "suspension", or while resolving differences on August 3, 2015.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
45 Cosponsors (45 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Kansas Common Sense - Bipartisan Report Confirms Political IRS Targeting”
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Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
(Co-sponsor)
on Aug 10, 2015
“The Enzi Update - August 2015 Newsletter”
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Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY, 1997-2020]
(Co-sponsor)
on Feb 22, 2016
“statement of senator patrick Leahy on s. 1881 to prohibit federal funding to planned parenthood centers”
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Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT, 1975-2022]
on Aug 3, 2015
History
Jul 28, 2015
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
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Aug 3, 2015
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Failed Cloture in the Senate
The Senate must often vote to end debate before voting on a bill, called a cloture vote. The vote on cloture failed. This is often considered a filibuster. The Senate may try again. This was a vote on S. 1881 in the Senate. In this vote Democrats filibustered the bill. The bill would have ended federal funding for Planned Parenthood. The House later … |
S. 1881 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 1881. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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