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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1537· Senate(119-SAMDT-1537)

S.Amdt. 1537

Rep. Warren
Age: 77 years
Massachusetts
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Elizabeth Warren
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-HCONRES-14 — Establishing 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

As your legislative analyst, let's break down what Ms. Warren is trying to do here in plain English. The provided text shows she submitted SA 1537 to the concurrent resolution setting the budget.

  • The purpose of the amendment is to add a new point of order in the Senate against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that tries to repeal the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home minimum staffing rule.

  • Specifically, it aims to block anything that reduces nursing home staffing ratios below 1 nurse available at any time.

  • If someone wants to try and bypass this rule, it would take a three-fifths vote of the Senators chosen and sworn to waive it or to successfully appeal a ruling from the Chair.