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Christopher Murphy (D-CT)

S.Amdt. 1916

S.Amdt. 1916 · Senate amendment

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

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

Mr. Murphy submitted amendment SA 1916 to the concurrent resolution on the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025.

  • The amendment sets up a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the use of Presidential pardons.
  • It allows the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to revise allocations, aggregates, and other levels in the resolution, and adjust the pay-as-you-go ledger.
  • These adjustments are for legislation relating to the use of Presidential pardons, as long as the legislation does not increase the deficit from fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
  • The legislation can include condemning the pardon of Daniel Joseph Rodriguez's conviction for assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon.