To create a point of order against legislation that makes young people sick again.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 81 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Baldwin.(consideration: CR S249-251, S255-256; text: CR S250)
January 11, 2017
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 81 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Baldwin.(consideration: CR S249-251, S255-256; text: CR S250)
January 11, 2017
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the CBA with respect to amendment SA 81 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 12.(consideration: CR S255)
January 11, 2017
Amendment SA 81 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Baldwin. (consideration: CR S249-251, S255-256; text: CR S250) To create a point of order against legislation that makes young people sick again.
January 11, 2017
Point of order that the amendment violates section 305(b)(2) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 81.
January 11, 2017
Motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the CBA with respect to amendment SA 81 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 12. (consideration: CR S255)
January 11, 2017
Amendment SA 81 ruled out of order by the chair.
January 11, 2017
Senate amendment submitted
January 10, 2017
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1 roll call on this amendment
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SA 81. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Booker, Mr. King, Mr. Brown, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Franken) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. [[Page S215]] Con. Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title IV, add the following: SEC. 4__. DON'T MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE SICK AGAIN. (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 make young people sick again. (b) Legislation That Makes Young People Sick Again.--For the purposes of subsection (a), the term ``would make young people sick again'' with respect to legislation refers to any provision of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report, that would-- (1) reduce the number of young Americans enrolled in public or private health insurance coverage, as determined based on the March 2016 updated baseline budget projections by the Congressional Budget Office; (2) weaken dependent coverage of children to continue until the child turns 26 years of age as afforded to them under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111- 148); (3) weaken access to care by increasing premiums or total out of pocket costs for young Americans with private insurance. (c) 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). ______