United States · Bill · S
S. 461 (117th)
A bill to create a point of order against legislation modifying the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Introduced
25 February 2021
Last action
1 March 2021 · Calendars
Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
Sponsors
Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
16 December 2021
Summary
This bill creates a point of order against considering legislation in the Senate that modifies the total number of Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill allows the point of order to be waived by a vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
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Timeline
25 February 2021
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Source: Calendars
25 February 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
1 March 2021
Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
Source: Calendars
Votes
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Versions
- Placed on Calendar Senate · 1 March 2021 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/461
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/461
- us · 117-s-461 · source updated 16 December 2021