To protect the family budget by providing for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)Legislative Activity
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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to amendment SA 4242 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 40. Record Vote Number: 61.
March 13, 2008
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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to amendment SA 4242 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 40. Record Vote Number: 61.
March 13, 2008
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2037, S2053)
March 13, 2008
Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4242.
March 13, 2008
Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to amendment SA 4242 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 40. Record Vote Number: 61.
March 13, 2008
Amendment SA 4242 ruled out of order by the chair.
March 13, 2008
Senate amendment submitted
March 12, 2008
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4242 proposed by Senator Cornyn.(consideration: CR S1960-1962; text: CR S1961)
March 12, 2008
Amendment SA 4242 proposed by Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S1960-1962; text: CR S1961) To protect the family budget by providing for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.
March 12, 2008
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
Text
Submitted
SA 4242. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Hatch) proposed an amendment
to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2008 and 2010 through 2013; as follows:
At the end of title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER ON LEGISLATION THAT RAISES INCOME TAX
RATES.
(a) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that includes a Federal income tax rate
increase.
(2) Definition.--In this subsection the term ``Federal
income tax rate increase'' means any amendment to subsection
(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b)
or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes
a new percentage as a rate of tax and thereby increases the
amount of tax imposed by any such section.
(b) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only
by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, dully
chosen and sworn.
(c) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be
required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a
point of order raised under this section.
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