For Tuesday, read Davidson, ch. 15.
Last class session will be Tuesday, May 3.
The 2022 Profiles in Courage Awards. The first two names should be no surprise.
Outlays -- Where the money goes:
Budget tables: function, subfunction, agency
No, we cannot balance the budget by catching Social Security fraud: only 13 people aged 112 or older are getting checks.
Deficit
What happens if the US government defaults on the federal debt?
Voting rights
Two views of voter ID:
For the People Act -- passed House
H.R.4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
Mr. REID. I raise a point of order that the vote on cloture under Rule XXII for all nominations other than for the Supreme Court of the United States is by majority vote.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the rules, the point of order is not sustained.
Mr. REID. I appeal the ruling of the Chair and ask for the yeas and nays.
(48–52 vote on upholding ruling of the chair)
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The decision of the Chair is not sustained.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. *** Under the precedent set by the Senate today, November 21, 2013, the threshold for cloture on nominations, not including those to the Supreme Court of the United States, is now a majority. That is the ruling of the Chair.[7]
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