S.Amdt. 2128Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)

S.Amdt. 2128

Submitted April 4, 2025

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Senate amendment submitted

April 4, 2025

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SA 2128. Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Alsobrooks, and Mr.
Booker) 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 place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST TAX HIKES ON THE MIDDLE
CLASS.

(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
increases taxes on taxpayers with adjusted gross income less
than $400,000.
(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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