S.Amdt. 2012Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)
S.Amdt. 2012
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Submitted April 4, 2025
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April 4, 2025
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SA 2012. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Markey) 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 in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION PROVIDING FUNDING FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BASED ON THE NONVIOLENT EXPRESSION OF POLITICAL VIEWS. (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 provides funding for-- (1) the arrest or detention of Massachusetts residents legally present in the United States solely on the basis of the individual's nonviolent free expression of political views; (2) the transport of a Massachusetts resident across State lines or deportation from the United States in violation of a Federal court order prohibiting such transport or deportation; or (3) visa revocation or green card rescission based on a Massachusetts resident's nonviolent free expression of political views. (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). ______