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
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
Mr. Merkley submitted SA 596, which proposes adding a new rule to the Senate budget process.
Purpose and Changes
The main goal of this amendment is to protect American families and small businesses from having to pay more for energy. To do this, it aims to add a point of order to the Senate rules.
Here is what that change actually means for our elected officials:
- It stops the Senate from considering any bill, resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report if the Congressional Budget Office determines it would substantially raise energy prices on families and small businesses.
- It sets a high hurdle to bypass this rule, requiring an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate to waive or suspend it.
- It also requires that same three-fifths vote to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on this point of order.
- 2/20/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors