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S.Amdt. 1580

Rep. Cortez Masto
Age: 62 years
Nevada
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Catherine Cortez Masto
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

  • Purpose: This amendment, submitted by Ms. Cortez Masto, sets up a rule in the Senate to keep track of our elected officials and hold them accountable when it comes to how our tax dollars are spent on immigrant children.

  • The Rule: It creates a point of order in the Senate against considering any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that provides funding for cages for immigrant children.

  • Bypassing the Rule: To pass something that funds these cages anyway, it would take a three-fifths vote of the Senators chosen and sworn to either waive the rule or sustain an appeal of the Chair's ruling.