CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

To stop tax cuts for the ultra-rich while families struggle to put food on the table.

S.Amdt. 494 · 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.

Last activity — Amendment SA 494 ruled out of order by the chair.

Ruled out of order

The presiding officer ruled that this amendment could not be offered here, so it was never voted on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Ruled out of order by the chair

What this amendment would do

This amendment is about holding our elected officials accountable when it comes to tax breaks and the money we spend on groceries.

What It Aims to Change

  • The amendment adds a new rule to the Senate budget process.

  • It creates a point of order in the Senate against considering any legislation that cuts taxes for taxpayers with an adjusted gross income greater than $1,000,000,000.

  • This restriction applies if the most recent change in the Consumer Price Index shows an increase in food prices.

  • This rule can only be waived, suspended, or sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

  • The Senate: a vote to set aside an objection that the measure breaks a budget rule A senator objected that the measure spends or cuts more than the budget allows. Sixty votes set that objection aside; fewer, and the measure is stopped by the objection without a vote on what it would do. Blocked 48 yes · 52 no

    See who voted how →

    02/20/2025 · Roll call 63 · recorded as “On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Klobuchar Amdt. No. 494)”