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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 436· Senate(119-SAMDT-436)

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preserving and extending vital tax credits enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which make heath care accessible and affordable and that have led to the lowest uninsured rate in our Nation's history.

Rep. Shaheen
Age: 79 years
New Hampshire
Introduced
2/20/2025
Last activity
2/21/2025 — Amendment SA 436 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 80.
Sponsored by
Jeanne Shaheen
Cosponsors
Democrat - 1Republican - 0
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. Failed

What this amendment would do

Mrs. Shaheen, along with Ms. Baldwin, proposed amendment SA 436 to the concurrent resolution for the fiscal year 2025 congressional budget.

The purpose of this amendment is to add a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to preserving health care access and affordability for beneficiaries of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

It aims to allow the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise allocations, aggregates, and other levels, and make pay-as-you-go adjustments for legislation relating to preserving health care access and affordability for Americans.

Specifically, this can include:

  • Preserving and extending tax credits made available by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prevent catastrophic insurance premium hikes for 22,000,000 Americans or the loss of insurance coverage for an additional 4,000,000 Americans.

  • Ensuring that any changes to such tax credits would not result in lower coverage rates, reduced benefits, or decreased affordability for individuals receiving coverage through private insurance markets established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

These changes can be made provided that the legislation does not increase the deficit over the total period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

  • The Senate: a vote on a proposed change to the billAmendment Rejected 48–52

    A vote on one change, not on the bill. A bill can collect dozens of these, and losing one does not stop it.

    02/21/2025 · Roll call 80 · recorded as “On the Amendment S.Amdt. 436 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file)”