To prohibit the consideration of a budget resolution that includes revenue increases while the civilian unemployment rate is above 5.5 percent, the administration's prediction for the unemployment rate without the stimulus.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)Legislative Activity
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 158 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 50.
March 22, 2013
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 158 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 50.
March 22, 2013
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 158 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 50.
March 22, 2013
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2235, S2252-2253)
March 22, 2013
Amendment SA 158 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 50.
March 22, 2013
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 158 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Ayotte.(consideration: CR S2130-2134; text: CR S2130)
March 21, 2013
Amendment SA 158 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Ayotte. (consideration: CR S2130-2134; text: CR S2130) To prohibit the consideration of a budget resolution that includes revenue increases while the civilian unemployment rate is above 5.5 percent, the administration's prediction for the unemployment rate without the stimulus.
March 21, 2013
Senate amendment submitted
March 20, 2013
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
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Submitted
SA 158. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mr. thune) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following: SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF A BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT INCLUDES REVENUE INCREASES WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS ABOVE 5.5 PERCENT. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget for the budget year or any amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference report thereon that includes a revenue increase while the unemployment rate is above 5.5 percent. (b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.-- (1) Waiver.--Subsection (a) 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 to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (a). (c) Determination of Revenue Increase.--For purposes of this section, a revenue increase is an increase in Federal Revenues in any fiscal year above total revenues in the same fiscal year of the most recent Congressional Budget Office baseline. (d) Determination of Unemployment Rate.--For purposes of this section, the unemployment rate is the Current Population Survey seasonally adjusted national unemployment rate for the most recent month, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ______