S.Amdt. 1694Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)
S.Amdt. 1694
Sponsored by
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Submitted April 3, 2025
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SA 1694. Ms. SLOTKIN 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 CUTS TO MEDICAID. (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 cut Medicaid in a way that reduces access to hospitals, long- term care facilities, home health care, rural health clinics, Federally-qualified health centers, certified community behavioral health clinics, community mental health centers, or other essential health care settings in rural communities. (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). ______