To create a point of order against legislation that defunds essential services for children, families, and seniors, including programs that feed hungry seniors like Meals on Wheels, Head Start and other child care assistance that allows parents to work and pay their bills, and programs that keep children safe from abuse and neglect, to give massive tax cuts to billionaires.

SA 1661. Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Booker,
Mr. Kelly, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. King, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Duckworth, Ms.
Alsobrooks, and Ms. Rosen) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14,
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT CUTS
ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND
SENIORS TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO BILLIONAIRES.

(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 gives
tax cuts to billionaires while cutting meals for starving
seniors and eliminating child care services for working
families, including any legislation that--
(1) cuts taxes for taxpayers with adjusted gross income
above $1,000,000,000;
(2) reduces or eliminates federal funding for the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families program;
(3) reduces or eliminates federal funding for the Social
Services Block Grant;
(4) reduces or eliminates federal funding for Meals on
Wheels;
(5) reduces or eliminates federal funding for Head Start;
(6) reduces or eliminates federal funding for programs that
support prevention services to keep vulnerable families
together whenever possible;

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(7) reduces or eliminates federal funding for programs that
support child care;
(8) reduces or eliminates federal funding for programs that
support kinship caregivers, guardianship assistance, adoption
services and assistance, foster care services, and child
protective services; or
(9) reduces or eliminates federal funding for programs that
support legal services for children and families in foster
care.
(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).
(1) defunds essential services for children, families, and
seniors, including programs that feed hungry seniors like
Meals on Wheels; Head Start and other child care assistance
that allows parents to work and pay their bills; programs
that keep children safe from abuse and neglect; to give
massive tax cuts to billionaires
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