S.Amdt. 471Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)

To create a point of order against legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize Social Security.

Sponsored by Ron WydenSen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Submitted March 24, 2015

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Senate amendment submitted

March 24, 2015

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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

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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

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Senate amendment submitted

March 24, 2015

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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

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Point of order that the amendment violates section 305 of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 471.

March 24, 2015

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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

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Amendment SA 471 ruled out of order by the chair.

March 24, 2015

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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).
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