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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1699· Senate(119-SAMDT-1699)

S.Amdt. 1699

Rep. Slotkin
Age: 50 years
Michigan
Introduced
4/3/2025
Sponsored by
Elissa Slotkin
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

Ms. Slotkin submitted this amendment to hold our officials accountable by setting up a rule in the Senate. This rule creates a point of order against certain legislation.

What It Aims to Change or Add

The amendment aims to add a specific rule to stop the Senate from considering any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that would weaken or eliminate Medicare's authority to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription drug costs for beneficiaries.

The amendment also states that this new rule can only be waived or suspended, and a ruling of the Chair can only be sustained upon appeal, by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.