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DemocratSecond Degree Amendment · S.Amdt. 1690· Senate(119-SAMDT-1690)

To create a point of order against legislation that would increase drug costs for seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare.

Rep. Cortez Masto
Age: 62 years
Nevada
Introduced
4/3/2025
Last activity
4/5/2025 — Amendment SA 1690 ruled out of order by the chair.
Sponsored by
Catherine Cortez Masto
Cosponsors
Democrat - 16Republican - 0
Changes amendment
119-SAMDT-1717
On the 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. Ruled out of order by the chair

What this amendment would do

Ms. Cortez Masto and several other senators submitted this amendment, labeled SA 1690, to the budget resolution H. Con. Res. 14.

The main purpose of this amendment is to create a new rule in the Senate. This rule stops the Senate from considering any legislation, bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that would increase cost-sharing or out-of-pocket expenses for seniors and people with disabilities who rely on Medicare for their prescription drug coverage.

If someone tries to pass a measure that raises these drug costs, a point of order can be raised against it. To bypass this new rule and allow the legislation to move forward anyway, it would take a large three-fifths vote of all sworn Senators to waive or suspend it. It also takes a three-fifths vote to win an appeal against the Chair's ruling on the matter.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

None of them settled the amendment — every vote so far has been about whether to keep going.