S.Amdt. 494Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)

To stop tax cuts for the ultra-rich while families struggle to put food on the table.

Submitted February 20, 2025

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 494 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 63.

February 20, 2025

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 494 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 63.

February 20, 2025

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Senate amendment submitted

February 20, 2025

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 494 proposed by Senator Klobuchar.

February 20, 2025

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Amendment SA 494 proposed by Senator Klobuchar. (consideration: CR S1100) To stop tax cuts for the ultra-rich while families struggle to put food on the table.

February 20, 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 494.

February 20, 2025

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Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 494 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 63.

February 20, 2025

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Amendment SA 494 ruled out of order by the chair.

February 20, 2025

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Submitted

SA 494. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth 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; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY IN
LIEU OF REDUCING FOOD COSTS.

(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 $1,000,000,000 if the most recent change in the Consumer
Price Index shows an increase in food prices.
(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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