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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 584· Senate(119-SAMDT-584)

S.Amdt. 584

Rep. Merkley
Age: 70 years
Oregon
Introduced
2/20/2025
Sponsored by
Jeff Merkley
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

As your legislative analyst, let's break down what Senator Merkley is trying to do here with SA 584. Keeping our officials accountable means looking at how rules affect everyday working people, like our farmers.

Purpose and Changes

  • This amendment adds a new point of order to the Senate rules.

  • Its main goal is to stop the Senate from considering any legislation, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that would increase costs for United States farmers or increase barriers to exporting American agricultural products.

  • To get around this rule, it would take a three-fifths vote of the Senators chosen and sworn to waive or suspend it, or to sustain an appeal of the Chair's ruling.