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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1880· Senate(119-SAMDT-1880)

S.Amdt. 1880

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 1880 to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14. The purpose of this amendment is to protect Medicaid funding when folks are struggling the most.

What It Changes or Adds

  • 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 Medicaid funding during a recession, as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

  • It requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators chosen and sworn to waive or suspend this rule.

  • It also requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators chosen and sworn to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on this point of order.