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. Whitehouse submitted SA 1616, which is an amendment meant for the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14 for the fiscal year 2025 congressional budget.
What It Aims to Change
- It adds a new point of order in the Senate against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that includes corporate tax breaks for outsourcing American jobs and shifting profits offshore.
- It sets a rule that this point of order can only be waived or suspended in the Senate by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
- It also requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, 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