S.Amdt. 4367
What it does: Adds SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION UNTIL OUR TROOPS ARE SUPPORTED at the end of title II
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)What it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 70 · shown in the resolution's text
Adds SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION UNTIL OUR TROOPS ARE SUPPORTED at the end of title II
Adds a sectionIn S.Con.Res. 70 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change those rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as is the case of any other rule of the Senate.
Inserted: SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION UNTIL OUR TROOPS ARE SUPPORTED.
Inserted: (a) In General.--
Inserted: (1) Point of order.--For fiscal years 2008 and 2009, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference report after the last day of May of the current fiscal year, unless a supplemental appropriations bill that fully funds the Armed Forces of the United States deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom or operation Enduring Freedom is passed by the Senate.
Inserted: (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term "supplemental appropriations" shall mean any bill, amendment, amendment between house, or provision that provides emergency supplemental funding for the Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security.
Inserted: (b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
Inserted: (1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
Inserted: (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
Original wording
At the end of title II, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 4367. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, insert the following:
SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION UNTIL OUR TROOPS ARE SUPPORTED.
(a) In General.--
(1) Point of order.--For fiscal years 2008 and 2009, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference report after the last day of May of the current fiscal year, unless a supplemental appropriations bill that fully funds the Armed Forces of the United States deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom or operation Enduring Freedom is passed by the Senate.
(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term “supplemental appropriations” shall mean any bill, amendment, amendment between house, or provision that provides emergency supplemental funding for the Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 13, 2008