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
Ms. Hirono submitted SA 1621 to hold our officials accountable by establishing a point of order in the Senate.
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It aims to make it out of order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that achieves deficit reduction or savings by reclassifying Federal Government workers who are veterans into an employment status where they have fewer whistleblower protections to report waste, fraud, or abuse affecting veterans.
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It adds a rule stating that this new point of order can only be waived or suspended, or an appeal of the Chair's ruling sustained, by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn.
- 4/3/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors