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Patty Murray (D-WA)

S.Amdt. 888

S.Amdt. 888 · 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.

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

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

Mrs. Murray submitted amendment SA 888 to the concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

Purpose of the Amendment

The purpose of this amendment is to add a new section that creates a point of order in the Senate against reducing child care funding.

Changes to the Bill

The amendment aims to add a rule stating it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that reduces child care funding.

  • This rule can only be waived or suspended in the Senate by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
  • An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, is required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on this point of order.