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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 776· Senate(119-SAMDT-776)

To prevent tax cuts for the wealthy if a single dollar of Medicaid funding is cut.

Rep. Schumer
Age: 76 years
New York
Introduced
2/20/2025
Last activity
2/20/2025 — Amendment SA 776 ruled out of order by the chair.
Sponsored by
Charles Schumer
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

  • Mr. Schumer submitted SA 776, which creates a new rule in the Senate called a point of order.

  • This rule stops Congress from passing legislation that cuts taxes for people making over $1,000,000,000 while also cutting Medicaid coverage, shifting funding or coverage responsibilities to states, or reducing net federal funding for Medicaid.

Purpose of the Amendment

  • The purpose of this amendment is to hold our officials accountable by making it harder to give massive tax breaks to the wealthiest individuals at the expense of everyday people relying on Medicaid.

  • To get around this rule and pass such a bill anyway, it would take a three-fifths affirmative vote of the Senators 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.