Amendment to Limit Unemployment Benefits

Mar. 25, 2020 | S.AMDT. 1577 to H.R. 748

This amendment by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748) would have wrongfully included unfair language so additional unemployment benefits would not result in an individual receiving unemployment compensation that is more than the amount of wages the individual was earning prior to becoming unemployed. The amendment failed on March 25, 2020, and the CARES Act passed that same day and was signed into law on March 27, 2020.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 48
NAYs: 48

Legislator State Sort descending Party Vote
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
AK
Republican Yes
Sen. Dan Sullivan
AK
Republican Yes
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
Republican Yes
Sen. Doug Jones
AL
Democrat No
Sen. John Boozman
AR
Republican Yes
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
Republican Yes
Sen. Martha McSally
AZ
Republican Yes
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
ID ID No
Sen. Kamala Harris
CA
Democrat No
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat No
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat No
Sen. Cory Gardner
CO
Republican No
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat No
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
Democrat No
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat No
Sen. Rick Scott
FL
Republican Yes
Sen. Marco Rubio
FL
Republican Yes
Sen. David Perdue
GA
Republican Yes
Sen. Kelly Loeffler
GA
Republican Yes