S. 3297 - Advancing America's Priorities Act

Economic policy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
Sponsor:
Harry Reid
Summary:
A bill to advance America's priorities. (by CRS)
Status:
The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.
There have been no votes on passage on this bill.
Other Votes:

Advancing America's Priorities Act

S. 3297 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to advance America's priorities. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to advance America's priorities.
Other Titles
  • Advancing America's Priorities Act
  • ALS Registry Act
  • Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008
  • Beach Protection Act of 2008
  • Broadband Data Improvement Act
  • Captive Primate Safety Act
  • Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act
  • Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act
  • Drug Endangered Children Act of 2007
  • Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007
  • Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007
  • Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007
  • Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2008
  • FOARAM Act
  • Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2008
  • Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2008
  • Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act
  • Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act
  • Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008
  • National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2008
  • National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008
  • NOAA Undersea Research Program Act of 2008
  • Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act
  • Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2008
  • Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2008
  • Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act
  • Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act
  • PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008
  • Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2008
  • Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008
  • Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2008
  • Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2008
  • Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act
  • Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act
  • Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2008
  • Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2008
  • Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2007
  • Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2008
  • Vision Care for Kids Act of 2008
Sponsor
Harry Reid
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Economic policy
  • Air pollution
  • Air pollution control
  • Alternative energy sources
  • American investments
  • Animals
  • Anniversaries
  • Appalachia
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Archives
  • Armenia
  • Authorization
  • Azerbaijan
  • Beaches
  • Broadband
  • Budgets
  • Business
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Central Asia
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Child abuse
  • Child pornography
  • Child safety
  • Children
  • Civil liberties
  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights enforcement
  • Civil war
  • Climate change
  • Closed caption television
  • Coastal zone
  • Compensation (Law)
  • Congress
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Coral reefs
  • Court reporting
  • Courts of special jurisdiction
  • Criminal investigation
  • Criminal justice
  • Data banks
  • Debt agreements
  • Debt relief
  • Department of Justice
  • Developing countries
  • Disabled
  • Disaster relief
  • District of Columbia
  • Down's syndrome
  • Drug abuse
  • Economic assistance
  • Economic stabilization
  • Education
  • Educational exchanges
  • Emergency management
  • Employee rights
  • Employee training
  • Energy
  • Environmental assessment
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Environmental protection
  • Environmental research
  • Environmental technology
  • Europe
  • Executive departments
  • Eye care
  • Federal aid to child health services
  • Federal aid to education
  • Federal aid to health facilities
  • Federal aid to law enforcement
  • Federal aid to transportation
  • Federal aid to water pollution control
  • Finance
  • Flood control
  • Flowers
  • Foreign aid
  • Foreign policy
  • Forest conservation
  • Foundations
  • Government corporations
  • Government information
  • Government publicity
  • Great Lakes
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Health information systems
  • Higher education
  • History
  • Homeless
  • Horticulture
  • Housing
  • Human rights
  • Humanities
  • International affairs
  • International environmental cooperation
  • International finance
  • International monetary system
  • Internet
  • Investment guaranty insurance
  • Iraq
  • Iraq compilation
  • Jews
  • Job training
  • Labor
  • Law
  • Low-income housing
  • Maintenance and repair
  • Maps
  • Marine ecology
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine resources
  • Marine resources conservation
  • Maryland
  • Mass rapid transit
  • Medical care
  • Medical research
  • Medical statistics
  • Medicine
  • Mental depression
  • Mental health services
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Money laundering
  • Museums
  • Music
  • National Sea Grant Program
  • Nervous system diseases
  • Ocean currents
  • Oceanography
  • Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  • Paralysis
  • Poland
  • Pregnancy
  • Preventive medicine
  • Primates
  • Prosecution
  • Quality of life
  • Railroad engineering
  • Railroad finance
  • Regional economic development
  • Religion
  • Runaway children
  • Scholarships
  • School security
  • Science policy
  • Slavery
  • Small business
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Social services
  • Sports
  • State-sponsored terrorism
  • Strategic planning
  • Stroke
  • Students
  • Taxation
  • Technology
  • Telecommunication
  • Telemedicine
  • Terrorism
  • Torture
  • Trade
  • Trails
  • Transportation
  • Tropical forests
  • Turkey
  • United Nations finances
  • Victims of crimes
  • Virginia
  • Vocational rehabilitation
  • War relief
  • Water pollution
  • Water resources
  • Welfare
  • Wild animal trade
  • Women
  • Women's health
Related Bills
    Major Actions
    Introduced7/22/2008
    Bill History
    ChamberMotionDateResult
    select this voteSenateMotion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms7/28/2008This motion PASSED the Senate
    87 voted YES 3 voted NO 10 voted present/not voting
    select this voteSenateMotion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.32977/28/2008This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate
    52 voted YES 40 voted NO 8 voted present/not voting
    ActionDateDescription
    Introduced7/22/2008
    7/22/2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7032)
    7/22/2008Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
    Put on a legislative calendar7/23/2008Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 894.
    7/26/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
    7/26/2008Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
    7/28/2008Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
    7/28/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
    select this voteVote7/28/2008Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms
    select this voteVote7/28/2008Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297
    9/17/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
    9/17/2008Second cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
    9/17/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
    9/18/2008Second cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
    9/22/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure in Senate.
    9/26/2008Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
    11/19/2008Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
    11/19/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
    11/20/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
    12/10/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure resumed in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
    12/10/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
    NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

    Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

    supported this bill

    $457,569
    $457,569
    17 times as much
    $7,504,977
    $65,000
    $63,368
    $7,633,345
    7 Organizations Supported and 6 Opposed; See Which Ones

    Organizations that took a position on
    Advancing America's Priorities Act

    7 organizations supported this bill

    ALS Association
    (n.d.). Featured Alert. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
    (n.d.). Action Network. Retrieved n.d., from .
    NAFSA: Association of International Educators
    (n.d.). Take Action Center. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National Alliance on Mental Illnesses
    (n.d.). Support Legislation to Reduce Criminalization and Provide Resources for Postpartum Depression Education. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
    (n.d.). Letter of Support. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Prevent Blindness America
    (n.d.). Advancing America's Priorities Act. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Public Citizen
    (n.d.). Letter of Support. Retrieved n.d., from .

    6 organizations opposed this bill

    Citizens Against Government Waste
    (n.d.). Press Release. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Club for Growth
    (n.d.). SENATE Key Vote Alert - Coburn Omnibus. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Concerned Women for America
    (n.d.). Showdown Over Coburn Omnibus. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Downsize DC
    (n.d.). Thank & Spank. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National Taxpayers Union
    (n.d.). Open Letter. Retrieved n.d., from .
    United Non-Profits and Individuals for Truth and Ethics
    (n.d.). please vote NO on cloture motion for Coburn Omnibus Bill. Retrieved n.d., from .

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    Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
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    Contributions By Legislator

    Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported
    $ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Akaka, DanielDHI$250$0
    Alexander, LamarRTN$8,850$94,683
    Allard, WayneRCO$0$3,000
    Barrasso, JohnRWY$0$23,900
    Baucus, MaxDMT$1,750$0
    Bayh, EvanDIN$2,850$1,250
    Bennett, RobertRUT$0$4,000
    Biden, JosephDDE$0$0
    Bingaman, JeffDNM$4,699$0
    Bond, ChristopherRMO$3,250$60,110
    Boxer, BarbaraDCA$15,800$0
    Brown, SherrodDOH$3,600$0
    Brownback, SamuelRKS$500$50,050
    Bunning, JimRKY$2,000$56,697
    Burr, RichardRNC$0$146,300
    Byrd, RobertDWV$300$0
    Cantwell, MariaDWA$11,550$0
    Cardin, BenjaminDMD$8,700$0
    Carper, ThomasDDE$400$500
    Casey, RobertDPA$4,700$0
    Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$12,700$576,597
    Clinton, HillaryDNY$42,215$0
    Coburn, ThomasROK$0$103,035
    Cochran, ThadRMS$0$21,000
    Coleman, NormRMN$6,100$701,621
    Collins, SusanRME$4,450$154,283
    Conrad, KentDND$700$0
    Corker, BobRTN$5,200$193,201
    Cornyn, JohnRTX$9,300$409,280
    Craig, LarryRID$0$0
    Crapo, MichaelRID$0$5,000
    DeMint, JimRSC$0$221,541
    Dodd, ChristopherDCT$0$0
    Dole, ElizabethRNC$6,750$766,151
    Domenici, PeteRNM$200$33,200
    Dorgan, ByronDND$1,000$0
    Durbin, RichardDIL$1,500$0
    Ensign, JohnRNV$0$82,525
    Enzi, MichaelRWY$1,000$8,250
    Feingold, RussellDWI$7,295$0
    Feinstein, DianneDCA$200$0
    Graham, LindseyRSC$1,500$41,750
    Grassley, CharlesRIA$2,500$40,529
    Gregg, JuddRNH$2,500$23,750
    Hagel, CharlesRNE$2,300$0
    Harkin, ThomasDIA$10,200$0
    Hatch, OrrinRUT$4,000$45,716
    Hutchison, KayRTX$3,000$249,226
    Inhofe, JamesROK$0$161,725
    Inouye, DanielDHI$0$250
    Isakson, JohnRGA$3,000$85,700
    Johnson, TimDSD$0$0
    Kennedy, EdwardDMA$10,560$0
    Kerry, JohnDMA$7,810$0
    Klobuchar, AmyDMN$2,250$0
    Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
    Kyl, JonRAZ$500$436,567
    Landrieu, MaryDLA$16,730$0
    Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$4,700$0
    Leahy, PatrickDVT$650$0
    Levin, CarlDMI$6,100$0
    Lieberman, JosephICT$9,400$3,600
    Lincoln, BlancheDAR$8,200$1,000
    Lott, TrentRMS$1,000$0
    Lugar, RichardRIN$1,250$0
    Martinez, MelRFL$6,750$119,814
    McCain, JohnRAZ$0$5,500
    McCaskill, ClaireDMO$1,500$0
    McConnell, MitchRKY$4,600$510,783
    Menéndez, RobertDNJ$11,900$500
    Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$10,750$0
    Murkowski, LisaRAK$2,000$46,400
    Murray, PattyDWA$7,300$0
    Nelson, BenDNE$7,400$500
    Nelson, BillDFL$1,750$0
    Obama, BarackDIL$32,900$0
    Pryor, MarkDAR$500$500
    Reed, JohnDRI$9,900$0
    Reid, HarryDNV$13,700$500
    Roberts, PatRKS$3,000$175,199
    Rockefeller, JohnDWV$12,450$0
    Salazar, KenDCO$5,000$0
    Sanders, BernardIVT$0$0
    Schumer, CharlesDNY$13,500$0
    Sessions, JeffersonRAL$1,000$96,970
    Shelby, RichardRAL$0$39,250
    Smith, GordonROR$7,100$171,494
    Snowe, OlympiaRME$0$46,089
    Specter, ArlenDPA$11,860$160,348
    Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$4,700$0
    Stevens, TedRAK$0$2,100
    Sununu, JohnRNH$0$618,241
    Tester, JonDMT$400$0
    Thomas, CraigRWY$0$10,500
    Thune, JohnRSD$11,700$461,103
    Vitter, DavidRLA$0$149,089
    Voinovich, GeorgeROH$0$89,953
    Warner, JohnRVA$0$0
    Webb, JimDVA$3,850$0
    Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$1,000$0
    Wicker, RogerRMS$4,600$122,525
    Wyden, RonDOR$500$0

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    NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported
    $ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Akaka, DanielDHI$250$0
    Alexander, LamarRTN$8,850$94,683
    Allard, WayneRCO$0$3,000
    Barrasso, JohnRWY$0$23,900
    Baucus, MaxDMT$1,750$0
    Bayh, EvanDIN$2,850$1,250
    Bennett, RobertRUT$0$4,000
    Biden, JosephDDE$0$0
    Bingaman, JeffDNM$4,699$0
    Bond, ChristopherRMO$3,250$60,110
    Boxer, BarbaraDCA$15,800$0
    Brown, SherrodDOH$3,600$0
    Brownback, SamuelRKS$500$50,050
    Bunning, JimRKY$2,000$56,697
    Burr, RichardRNC$0$146,300
    Byrd, RobertDWV$300$0
    Cantwell, MariaDWA$11,550$0
    Cardin, BenjaminDMD$8,700$0
    Carper, ThomasDDE$400$500
    Casey, RobertDPA$4,700$0
    Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$12,700$576,597
    Clinton, HillaryDNY$42,215$0
    Coburn, ThomasROK$0$103,035
    Cochran, ThadRMS$0$21,000
    Coleman, NormRMN$6,100$701,621
    Collins, SusanRME$4,450$154,283
    Conrad, KentDND$700$0
    Corker, BobRTN$5,200$193,201
    Cornyn, JohnRTX$9,300$409,280
    Craig, LarryRID$0$0
    Crapo, MichaelRID$0$5,000
    DeMint, JimRSC$0$221,541
    Dodd, ChristopherDCT$0$0
    Dole, ElizabethRNC$6,750$766,151
    Domenici, PeteRNM$200$33,200
    Dorgan, ByronDND$1,000$0
    Durbin, RichardDIL$1,500$0
    Ensign, JohnRNV$0$82,525
    Enzi, MichaelRWY$1,000$8,250
    Feingold, RussellDWI$7,295$0
    Feinstein, DianneDCA$200$0
    Graham, LindseyRSC$1,500$41,750
    Grassley, CharlesRIA$2,500$40,529
    Gregg, JuddRNH$2,500$23,750
    Hagel, CharlesRNE$2,300$0
    Harkin, ThomasDIA$10,200$0
    Hatch, OrrinRUT$4,000$45,716
    Hutchison, KayRTX$3,000$249,226
    Inhofe, JamesROK$0$161,725
    Inouye, DanielDHI$0$250
    Isakson, JohnRGA$3,000$85,700
    Johnson, TimDSD$0$0
    Kennedy, EdwardDMA$10,560$0
    Kerry, JohnDMA$7,810$0
    Klobuchar, AmyDMN$2,250$0
    Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
    Kyl, JonRAZ$500$436,567
    Landrieu, MaryDLA$16,730$0
    Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$4,700$0
    Leahy, PatrickDVT$650$0
    Levin, CarlDMI$6,100$0
    Lieberman, JosephICT$9,400$3,600
    Lincoln, BlancheDAR$8,200$1,000
    Lott, TrentRMS$1,000$0
    Lugar, RichardRIN$1,250$0
    Martinez, MelRFL$6,750$119,814
    McCain, JohnRAZ$0$5,500
    McCaskill, ClaireDMO$1,500$0
    McConnell, MitchRKY$4,600$510,783
    Menéndez, RobertDNJ$11,900$500
    Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$10,750$0
    Murkowski, LisaRAK$2,000$46,400
    Murray, PattyDWA$7,300$0
    Nelson, BenDNE$7,400$500
    Nelson, BillDFL$1,750$0
    Obama, BarackDIL$32,900$0
    Pryor, MarkDAR$500$500
    Reed, JohnDRI$9,900$0
    Reid, HarryDNV$13,700$500
    Roberts, PatRKS$3,000$175,199
    Rockefeller, JohnDWV$12,450$0
    Salazar, KenDCO$5,000$0
    Sanders, BernardIVT$0$0
    Schumer, CharlesDNY$13,500$0
    Sessions, JeffersonRAL$1,000$96,970
    Shelby, RichardRAL$0$39,250
    Smith, GordonROR$7,100$171,494
    Snowe, OlympiaRME$0$46,089
    Specter, ArlenDPA$11,860$160,348
    Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$4,700$0
    Stevens, TedRAK$0$2,100
    Sununu, JohnRNH$0$618,241
    Tester, JonDMT$400$0
    Thomas, CraigRWY$0$10,500
    Thune, JohnRSD$11,700$461,103
    Vitter, DavidRLA$0$149,089
    Voinovich, GeorgeROH$0$89,953
    Warner, JohnRVA$0$0
    Webb, JimDVA$3,850$0
    Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$1,000$0
    Wicker, RogerRMS$4,600$122,525
    Wyden, RonDOR$500$0

    Interest Groups that supported this bill

    $ Donated
    Education$457,569

    Interest Groups that opposed this bill

    $ Donated
    Republican/Conservative$7,504,977
    Christian Conservative$65,000
    Fiscal & tax policy$63,368
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