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Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010

Introduced: November 29, 2010 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 8, 2010
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 267. (consideration: CR S8627-8628; text: CR S8627)
Dec 6, 2010
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
Dec 6, 2010
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S8627-8628)
Dec 6, 2010
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S8552)
Nov 30, 2010
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 655.
Nov 29, 2010
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Nov 29, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, title II of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, to extend: (1) through 2011 the $250 economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (title XVI of the Social Security Act), railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability compensation or pension benefits; and (2) through 2011 the special tax credit for certain government retirees.

Makes additional appropriations through FY2013 to cover such payments.

What's happening now December 8, 2010

Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 267. (consideration: CR S8627-8628; text: CR S8627)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3976 Identical bill Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 29, 2010
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 29, 2010
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 29, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3985: Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3985/
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"S. 3985: Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3985/.
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S. 3985, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3985/.
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