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 put forward SA 615, which is an amendment meant to be added to the concurrent resolution for the budget.
What It Aims to Change
This amendment adds a new rule to the bill. Here is what it does:
- It creates a point of order in the Senate against certain budget bills.
- It stops the Senate from considering a bill unless the Director of the Congressional Budget Office certifies that the bill will not cause an increase in inflation.
- It allows this new rule to be waived or suspended, or an appeal of the Chair's ruling to be sustained, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators chosen and sworn.
- 2/20/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors