Earmark Elimination Act of 2015

Summary

Earmark Elimination Act of 2015 Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider a bill or resolution introduced in either chamber or any other measure that includes an earmark. Permits waiver of a point of order against an earmark only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Senators. Makes this Act inapplicable to any authorization of appropriations to a federal entity if the authorization is not specifically targeted to a state, locality, or congressional district.

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Timeline

1. 29 January 2015

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 January 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 29 January 2015 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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Sponsors

• Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
• Ron Johnson · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
• Mike Lee · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Cosponsor
• Joni Ernst · R · Cosponsor
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