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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 925· Senate(119-SAMDT-925)

To create a point of order against legislation that would raise energy costs for Americans, including higher monthly electricity bills, building material expenses, and transportation costs.

Rep. Hickenlooper
Age: 74 years
Colorado
Introduced
2/20/2025
Last activity
2/20/2025 — Amendment SA 925 ruled out of order by the chair.
Sponsored by
John Hickenlooper
Cosponsors
Democrat - 2Republican - 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. Ruled out of order by the chair

What this amendment would do

This amendment, numbered SA 925 and proposed by Mr. Hickenlooper alongside Mr. Heinrich and Mr. Gallego, targets the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 through fiscal year 2034.

  • It adds a new point of order to the concurrent resolution.

  • It makes it not in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would raise energy costs for Americans.

  • It allows this rule to be waived or suspended only by a three-fifths affirmative vote of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.

  • It requires a three-fifths affirmative vote of the Senators duly chosen and sworn to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.

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.