S.Amdt. 1968

SA 1968. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1717 proposed by Mr. Graham 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 in title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY
INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN OUR KIDS.

(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 cuts
taxes for taxpayers with an adjusted gross income greater
than $1,000,000, if the percentage of eighth graders who have
``below basic'' reading skills according to the most recent
National Assessment of Educational Progress results remains
historically high.
(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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