S.Amdt. 838

As your legislative analyst, let's break down what this amendment is all about in plain English. Ms. Rosen submitted SA 838, which is an amendment intended to be proposed for the 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.

The main purpose of this amendment is to add a new point of order to title IV of the budget resolution. Simply put, it aims to change the rules so that it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would raise costs on families making less than $400,000 per year.

If someone wants to push a piece of legislation that breaks this rule, the amendment sets a high bar to get around it. It can only be waived, suspended, or have a ruling of the Chair sustained by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.