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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1874· Senate(119-SAMDT-1874)

S.Amdt. 1874

Rep. Hickenlooper
Age: 74 years
Colorado
Introduced
4/4/2025
Sponsored by
John Hickenlooper
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. Hickenlooper submitted amendment numbered SA 1874 to establish a point of order in the Senate against tariffs that increase consumer prices.

What it Aims to Change or Add

  • It adds a rule making it out of order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would increase the cost of food, medical equipment, building materials, automobiles, or other essential products or services for United States citizens as a result of tariffs imposed by the President.

  • It sets a requirement that this point of order may 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 this point of order.