CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Charles Schumer (D-NY)

To prevent tax cuts for the wealthy if a single dollar of Medicaid funding is cut.

S.Amdt. 776 · 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 776 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

  • Mr. Schumer submitted SA 776, which creates a new rule in the Senate called a point of order.

  • This rule stops Congress from passing legislation that cuts taxes for people making over $1,000,000,000 while also cutting Medicaid coverage, shifting funding or coverage responsibilities to states, or reducing net federal funding for Medicaid.

Purpose of the Amendment

  • The purpose of this amendment is to hold our officials accountable by making it harder to give massive tax breaks to the wealthiest individuals at the expense of everyday people relying on Medicaid.

  • To get around this rule and pass such a bill anyway, it would take a three-fifths affirmative vote of the Senators 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 49 yes · 51 no

    See who voted how →

    02/20/2025 · Roll call 71 · recorded as “On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 776)”