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S.Amdt. 1836

Rep. Warner
Age: 72 years
Virginia
Introduced
4/4/2025
Sponsored by
Mark Warner
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. Warner submitted SA 1836 as an amendment to the concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

The purpose and goal of this amendment is to create a point of order against any reconciliation bill or resolution, amendment, conference report, or amendment between the Houses that would not decrease the cost of housing for American families.

Key Rules Added by the Amendment

  • It makes it not in order in the Senate to consider a reconciliation bill or resolution that fails to decrease the cost of housing for American families.

  • 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 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this rule.