S. 4653: A bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

S. 4653: A bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-22 · Health · Latest: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 200. (CR S6015)

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: Senate vote 200 (2020): On the Cloture Motion, S4653 (2020-10-01), Cloture Motion Rejected. See all
Where it stands now: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 200. (CR S6015) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

A bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Plain summary

This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from advocating that a court invalidate any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Official text

A bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Recorded votes

Senate vote 200 (2020): On the Cloture Motion, S4653 (2020-10-01): Cloture Motion Rejected

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4653.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s4653 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116