To create a point of order against legislation that would create a Federal tax or fee on carbon emissions.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 261 proposed by Senator Blunt.(consideration: CR S2270-2271; text: CR S2270-2271)
March 22, 2013
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 261 proposed by Senator Blunt.(consideration: CR S2270-2271; text: CR S2270-2271)
March 22, 2013
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to amendment SA 261 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 46. Record Vote Number: 59.
March 22, 2013
Amendment SA 261 proposed by Senator Blunt. (consideration: CR S2270-2271; text: CR S2270-2271) To create a point of order against legislation that would create a Federal tax or fee on carbon emissions.
March 22, 2013
Point of order 261 raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 261.
March 22, 2013
Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to amendment SA 261 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 46. Record Vote Number: 59.
March 22, 2013
Amendment SA 261 ruled out of order by the chair.
March 22, 2013
Senate amendment submitted
March 21, 2013
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
Amendments
1 amendmentOffered to this amendment
Amendments
1 amendmentOffered to this amendment
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Submitted
SA 261. Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Roberts) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CREATE A TAX OR FEE ON CARBON EMISSIONS. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that-- (1) would result in revenues that would be greater than the level of revenues set forth for the first fiscal year or the total of that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years under the concurrent resolution on the budget then in effect for which allocations are provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (2) for any year covered by such resolution, includes a Federal tax or fee imposed on carbon emissions from any product or entity that is a direct or indirect source of the emissions. (b) Waiver and Appeal.-- (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). ______