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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1073· Senate(119-SAMDT-1073)

S.Amdt. 1073

Rep. Warren
Age: 77 years
Massachusetts
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Elizabeth Warren
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-SCONRES-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.
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

  • What it does: Ms. Warren submitted SA 1073 to set up a new rule in the Senate.
  • The goal: It creates a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that fails to lower grocery costs.

How It Works

  • Stopping the vote: If legislation does not lower grocery costs, a Senator can object to it.
  • Overriding the rule: To bypass this rule and pass the legislation anyway, it takes a three-fifths vote of the Senators chosen and sworn.
  • Appealing the Chair: If the Chair makes a ruling on this point of order, it also takes a three-fifths vote of the Senators chosen and sworn to sustain an appeal against that ruling.