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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1856· Senate(119-SAMDT-1856)

S.Amdt. 1856

Rep. Van Hollen
Age: 67 years
Maryland
Introduced
4/4/2025
Sponsored by
Chris Van Hollen
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. Van Hollen submitted amendment numbered SA 1856 to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14.
  • The purpose of this amendment is to create a specific rule in the Senate regarding tax cuts.

What It Aims to Change or Add

  • It adds a point of order in the Senate against considering any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that provides a larger tax cut in real dollars for millionaires and billionaires than it provides for middle class families.
  • It states that 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.
  • 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 new rule.