S 461 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

A bill to create a point of order against legislation modifying the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Introduced Feb 25, 2021 Originated Senate Sponsor Ted Cruz R-TX

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 1, 2021 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill creates a point of order against considering legislation in the Senate that modifies the total number of Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill allows the point of order to be waived by a vote of two-thirds of the Senate.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2021 to May 13, 2021; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LABill CassidyOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-TNBill HagertyOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-LAJohn KennedyOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-UTMike LeeOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-FLRick ScottOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-KSRoger MarshallOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-ARTom CottonOriginalFeb 25, 2021
R-INMike BraunMay 13, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2021Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
  2. Feb 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
  3. Feb 25, 2021Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S909Charles E. Schumer D-NYMar 1, 2021
SenateDebate and remarks S902Catherine Cortez Masto D-NVFeb 25, 2021

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to create a point of order against legislation modifying the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2021Placed on Calendar Senate

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