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
Summary and Purpose
He submitted amendment SA 609 to the budget resolution for fiscal year 2025.
The whole purpose of this amendment is to set up what we call a deficit-neutral reserve fund. In plain English, it gives the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee the power to change budget numbers and ledger levels to make room for new legislation.
What It Aims to Change or Add
- It adds a brand new section to the end of title III of the budget resolution.
- It allows for changes to committee allocations and the pay-as-you-go ledger for bills or amendments that protect access to reproductive care.
- According to the text, that reproductive care can include abortion care, medication abortion, contraceptives, or other care for patients during their pregnancies.
- There is one big rule attached: any legislation passed using this fund must not increase the federal deficit over the total period from fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
- 2/20/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors