S. 3985: Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010
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S. 3985: Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-11-29 · Social Welfare · Latest: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 267. (consideration: CR S8627-8628; text: CR S8627)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-11-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: Senate vote 267 (2010): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed, S3985 (2010-12-08), Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected. See all
- Where it stands now: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 267. (consideration: CR S8627-8628; text: CR S8627) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010
Plain summary
Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, title II of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, to extend: (1) through 2011 the $250 economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (title XVI of the Social Security Act), railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability compensation or pension benefits; and (2) through 2011 the special tax credit for certain government retirees. Makes additional appropriations through FY2013 to cover such payments.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · 11 cosponsors
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Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] reported raising $26.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
Recorded votes
- Senate vote 267 (2010): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed, S3985 (2010-12-08): Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s3985.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s3985 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111