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Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

S.Amdt. 237

S.Amdt. 237 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors

Changes S.Con.Res. 7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth 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. Van Hollen submitted SA 237, which is an amendment intended to be proposed to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7.

The purpose of this amendment is to add a new point of order in the Senate. Specifically, it aims to prohibit the use of funds to detain immigrant children and families at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Under this amendment, it would not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would use funds for this purpose.

How it Can Be Overridden

  • The 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.
  • An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, is also required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.