To create a point of order against legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize Social Security.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 24, 2015
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Senate amendment submitted
March 24, 2015
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 471 proposed by Senator Whitehouse for Senator Wyden.(consideration: CR S1762-1764, S1767-1768; text: CR S1762)
March 24, 2015
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 471 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 84.(consideration: CR S1768)
March 24, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
March 24, 2015
Amendment SA 471 proposed by Senator Whitehouse for Senator Wyden. (consideration: CR S1762-1764, S1767-1768; text: CR S1762) To create a point of order against legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize Social Security.
March 24, 2015
Point of order that the amendment violates section 305 of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 471.
March 24, 2015
Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 471 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 84. (consideration: CR S1768)
March 24, 2015
Amendment SA 471 ruled out of order by the chair.
March 24, 2015
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1 roll call on this amendment
Text
Submitted
SA 471. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following: SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would-- (1) result in a reduction of benefits scheduled under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.); (2) increase either the early or full retirement age for benefits described in paragraph (1); or (3) privatize Social Security. (b) Waiver and Appeal.--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. 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). ______