CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

John Hickenlooper (D-CO)

S.Amdt. 941

S.Amdt. 941 · 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

  • Mr. Hickenlooper submitted the amendment to be proposed to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, which sets forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

What it Aims to Change or Add

  • The amendment adds a new section to title IV, creating a Point of Order Against Increasing Consumer Prices.

  • It makes it not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would increase the costs of food, medical equipment, building materials, or automobiles for United States citizens through tariffs issued by the President.

  • It allows this point of order to be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

  • It requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.