Bill S.4307 titled “A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the ability of renal dialysis facilities to serve as originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner with John Barrasso as cosponsor.
Bill S.4310 titled “A bill to allow employers to offer pension-linked emergency savings accounts for financial emergencies, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker with Todd Young as cosponsor.
Bill S.4311 titled “A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Mazie Hirono with Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown, Kirsten Gillibrand, Patrick Leahy, Edward Markey, Patty Murray, Alex Padilla, Bernard Sanders, Elizabeth Warren as cosponsors.
Bill S.4312 titled “A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the direct payment requirement on the exclusion from gross income of distributions from governmental plans for health and long-term care insurance” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown with Charles Grassley, John Thune, Mark Warner as cosponsors.
The Finance Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the ability of renal dialysis facilities to serve as originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program. | Sen. Warner, Mark R. | Senate |
| A bill to allow employers to offer pension-linked emergency savings accounts for financial emergencies, and for other purposes. | Sen. Booker, Cory A. | Senate |
| A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes. | Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. | Senate |
| A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the direct payment requirement on the exclusion from gross income of distributions from governmental plans for health and long-term care insurance. | Sen. Brown, Sherrod | Senate |
