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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 494· Senate(119-SAMDT-494)

To stop tax cuts for the ultra-rich while families struggle to put food on the table.

Rep. Klobuchar
Age: 66 years
Minnesota
Introduced
2/20/2025
Last activity
2/20/2025 — Amendment SA 494 ruled out of order by the chair.
Sponsored by
Amy Klobuchar
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. Ruled out of order by the chair

What this amendment would do

As your legislative analyst, let us look at what Ms. Klobuchar is trying to do here for the working people. This amendment is about holding our elected officials accountable when it comes to tax breaks and the money we spend on groceries.

What It Aims to Change

  • The amendment adds a new rule to the Senate budget process.

  • It creates a point of order in the Senate against considering any legislation that cuts taxes for taxpayers with an adjusted gross income greater than $1,000,000,000.

  • This restriction applies if the most recent change in the Consumer Price Index shows an increase in food prices.

  • This rule can only be waived, suspended, or sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

None of them settled the amendment — every vote so far has been about whether to keep going.