To create a point of order against legislation that would increase taxes on taxpayers whose annual income is below $250,000.

SA 1228. Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Ms. Harris, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Udall,
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen, and
Ms. Hassan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment
SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res.
71, establishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RAISING TAXES ON TAXPAYERS
WHOSE ANNUAL INCOME IS BELOW $250,000.

(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
raises taxes on taxpayers whose annual income is below
$250,000.
(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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