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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1806· Senate(119-SAMDT-1806)

S.Amdt. 1806

Rep. Kaine
Age: 68 years
Virginia
Introduced
4/4/2025
Sponsored by
Timothy Kaine
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. Kaine submitted amendment SA 1806 to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14 for the fiscal year 2025 congressional budget.
  • The purpose of the amendment is to create a point of order in the Senate against certain reconciliation legislation.
  • It aims to stop the Senate from considering any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would suspend, terminate, or otherwise curtail contracts with United States farmers that are financed through foreign assistance funds.

How It Can Be Overridden

  • This rule can only be waived or suspended in the Senate by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
  • An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, is also required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this rule.