S. 1660 - American Jobs Act of 2011
Economics and public finance. 112th Congress (2011-2012) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Harry Reid
- Summary:
- A bill to provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs. (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:
American Jobs Act of 2011
S. 1660 — 112th Congress (2011–2012)
- Summary
- A bill to provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs. (by CRS)
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- Title
- A bill to provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs.
- Other Titles
- American Jobs Act of 2011
- Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act
- Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011
- Pathways Back to Work Act of 2011
- Supporting Unemployed Workers Act of 2011
- Sponsor
- Harry Reid
- Co-Sponsors
- Subjects
- Economics and public finance
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Appropriations
- Aviation and airports
- Building construction
- Business investment and capital
- Buy American requirements
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency communications systems
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Employment taxes
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government liability
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Higher education
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax rates
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Inflation and prices
- Infrastructure development
- Internet and video services
- Labor and employment
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Licensing and registrations
- Manufacturing
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Metals
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Preschool education
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public transit
- Railroads
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Roads and highways
- Rural conditions and development
- Securities
- Self-employed
- Small business
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Temporary and part-time employment
- Transportation employees
- Transportation programs funding
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Unemployment
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Wages and earnings
- Water resources funding
- Youth employment and child labor
- Related Bills
- H.R. 12 (112th) : American Jobs Act of 2011
- H.R. 2421 (112th) : Layoff Prevention Act of 2011
- H.R. 2482 (112th) : Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act
- H.R. 2948 (112th) : Fix America's Schools Today (FAST) Act of 2011
- H.R. 3502 (112th) : Project Rebuild Act of 2011
- S. 652 (112th) : Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
- S. 1333 (112th) : Layoff Prevention Act of 2011
- S. 1549 (112th) : American Jobs Act of 2011
- S. 1597 (112th) : Fix America's Schools Today Act of 2011
- S. 1723 (112th) : Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011
- S. 1769 (112th) : Rebuild America Jobs Act
- S. 1917 (112th) : Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011
- S. 2162 (112th) : Project Rebuild Act
- Major Actions
Introduced 10/05/2011 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result select this vote Senate On the Cloture Motion S. 1660 10/11/2011 This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 50 voted YES 49 voted NO 1 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 10/05/2011 10/05/2011 Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Put on a legislative calendar 10/06/2011 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 187. 10/06/2011 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. 10/06/2011 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. 10/06/2011 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. 10/11/2011 Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the bill made in Senate. select this vote Vote 10/11/2011 On the Cloture Motion S. 1660 Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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Total contributions given to Senators from Other unions, which…
supported this bill
| Other unions | $152,167 |
| $152,167 |
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 112th U.S. Congress, from Other unions interest groups, January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2012.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions by Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $0 | $0 |
| Kelly Ayotte | R | NH | $0 | $0 |
| John Barrasso | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Begich | D | AK | $7,000 | $0 |
| Michael Bennet | D | CO | $0 | $0 |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $0 | $0 |
| Richard Blumenthal | D | CT | $2,500 | $0 |
| Roy Blunt | R | MO | $0 | $0 |
| John Boozman | R | AR | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $5,000 | $0 |
| Scott Brown | R | MA | $0 | $0 |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $3,500 | $0 |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $0 | $0 |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $0 | $0 |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $5,000 | $0 |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $0 | $0 |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $2,500 | $0 |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Coats | R | IN | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $0 | $0 |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $0 | $0 |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $0 | $0 |
| Chris Coons | D | DE | $0 | $0 |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $0 | $0 |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $0 | $0 |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $0 | $0 |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $0 | $0 |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $0 | $0 |
| Alan Franken | D | MN | $10,000 | $0 |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | D | NY | $22,500 | $0 |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $0 | $0 |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $0 | $0 |
| Kay Hagan | D | NC | $10,000 | $0 |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $2,000 | $0 |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $0 | $0 |
| Dean Heller | R | NV | $0 | $0 |
| John Hoeven | R | ND | $0 | $0 |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $0 | $0 |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $0 | $0 |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Johanns | R | NE | $0 | $0 |
| Ron Johnson | R | WI | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $0 | $0 |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Kirk | R | IL | $0 | $0 |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $0 | $0 |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $1,000 | $0 |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $0 | $0 |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $10,000 | $0 |
| Mike Lee | R | UT | $0 | $0 |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $0 | $0 |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Manchin | D | WV | $0 | $0 |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $0 | $0 |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $0 | $0 |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $0 | $0 |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $5,000 | $0 |
| Jeff Merkley | D | OR | $10,000 | $0 |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $0 | $0 |
| Jerry Moran | R | KS | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $0 | $0 |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $0 | $0 |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $5,000 | $0 |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $5,000 | $0 |
| Rand Paul | R | KY | $0 | $0 |
| Rob Portman | R | OH | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $0 | $0 |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $0 | $0 |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $15,000 | $0 |
| Jim Risch | R | ID | $0 | $0 |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $0 | $0 |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $0 | $0 |
| Marco Rubio | R | FL | $0 | $0 |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $1,000 | $0 |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $11,000 | $0 |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $0 | $0 |
| Jeanne Shaheen | D | NH | $5,000 | $0 |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $0 | $0 |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $0 | $0 |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $5,000 | $0 |
| John Thune | R | SD | $0 | $0 |
| Patrick Toomey | R | PA | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Udall | D | CO | $5,000 | $0 |
| Tom Udall | D | NM | $4,167 | $0 |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Warner | D | VA | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $0 | $0 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $0 | $0 |
| Roger Wicker | R | MS | $0 | $0 |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $0 | $0 |
