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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 370· Senate(119-SAMDT-370)

S.Amdt. 370

Rep. Kaine
Age: 68 years
Virginia
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Timothy Kaine
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. Kaine submitted amendment SA 370 to the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2025. The purpose of this amendment is to add a new section to title IV of the budget resolution.

  • It creates a point of order in the Senate against considering any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report.
  • It targets legislation that terminates, reclassifies, or furloughs career civil servants at the Department of Defense.
  • Specifically, it protects those career civil servants who work on or handle sensitive weapon systems.

How It Can Be Overridden

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