Date: December 9, 2021

Subject: Raising the Debt Limit and Fueling Run-Away Spending via the "Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act"

Description: The Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, sponsored by Sen. Kaine (D-VA), further fuels Congress' spending free-for-all by bypassing the filibuster and permitting the debt limit to be raised with only 51 votes in the Senate. Additionally, the bill once again overrides the sequester spending cuts applied to Medicare by preventing a 4% statutory cut through 2023 and delaying the other 2% cut through March 31, 2022. ACU believes the tea-party era sequester serves as one of the last hopes for fiscal responsibility and opposes Congress' continual action of "kicking the can down the road" at a time when the national debt is set to exceed $30 trillion.

Result: Motion Agreed to, 59-35

Democrat: 48 Yeas, 0 Nays, 0 Not voting
Republican: 10 Yeas, 35 Nays, 5 Not voting
Independent: 1 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Not voting

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