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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 186· Senate(119-SAMDT-186)

S.Amdt. 186

Rep. Gallego
Age: 47 years
Arizona
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Ruben Gallego
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-SCONRES-7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth 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. Gallego submitted the amendment to be proposed to the concurrent resolution setting forth 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.

  • The amendment aims to add a new point of order to title IV.

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 cuts Federal funding to States by reducing the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP).

  • It establishes that this point of order may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 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 against cutting Federal funding to States by reducing the FMAP.