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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1611· Senate(119-SAMDT-1611)

S.Amdt. 1611

Rep. Whitehouse
Age: 71 years
Rhode Island
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Sheldon Whitehouse
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

MR. WHITEHOUSE submitted amendment numbered SA 1611 to be proposed for the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, which sets the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

The purpose of this amendment is to create a point of order in the Senate against certain legislation.

  • It aims to make it out of order in the Senate to consider any revenue, Social Security, or Medicare bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that fails to extend the solvency of Social Security and Medicare by making the wealthy contribute a fairer share of taxes.

  • It establishes that this point of order may only be waived or suspended in the Senate 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.