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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 493· Senate(119-SAMDT-493)

S.Amdt. 493

Rep. Cortez Masto
Age: 62 years
Nevada
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Catherine Cortez Masto
Cosponsors
Democrat - 3Republican - 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. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

As folks who want to keep our elected officials accountable, we need to know what our lawmakers are trying to do with our hard-earned money and healthcare. This amendment, labeled SA 493 and put forward by Ms. Cortez Masto along with a few other Senators, is all about protecting seniors and people with disabilities who rely on Medicare.

What the amendment adds to the bill

  • It creates a new rule in the Senate called a point of order.

  • This rule stops the Senate from considering any bill, resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that increases cost-sharing or out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drug coverage under Medicare.

  • To get around this rule and pass something that raises these costs anyway, it would take a large three-fifths vote of the Senators chosen and sworn. That same three-fifths vote is also needed to overrule the Chair if a question is raised about this rule.