S.Amdt. 1690Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)2nd degree

To create a point of order against legislation that would increase drug costs for seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare.

Submitted April 3, 2025

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 1690 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 185.

April 5, 2025

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 1690 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 185.

April 5, 2025

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1690 proposed by Senator Cortez Masto to Amendment SA 1717.

April 5, 2025

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Amendment SA 1690 proposed by Senator Cortez Masto to Amendment SA 1717. (consideration: CR S2355-2356) To create a point of order against legislation that would increase drug costs for seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare.

April 5, 2025

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Point of order that the amendment violates section 305(b)(2) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 1690.

April 5, 2025

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Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 1690 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 185.

April 5, 2025

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Amendment SA 1690 ruled out of order by the chair.

April 5, 2025

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Senate amendment submitted

April 3, 2025

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Submitted

SA 1690. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Van Hollen,
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Lujan,
Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Rosen, and Ms. Alsobrooks) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her 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 place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
INCREASE DRUG COSTS FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES ON MEDICARE.

(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
increase cost-sharing or out-of-pocket expenses for seniors
or people with disabilities who rely on Medicare for their
prescription drug coverage.
(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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