A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors
Changes H.Con.Res. 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
Offered
Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
Mr. Padilla submitted SA 1593 as an amendment to the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025.
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The amendment adds a new Point of Order against certain reconciliation legislation.
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It aims to stop the Senate from considering a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that would increase the deficit by more than $4,000,000,000,000 during the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, when scored using the current law baseline.
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It allows this rule to be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
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It also requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on this point of order.
- 4/3/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors