S.Amdt. 776Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)

To prevent tax cuts for the wealthy if a single dollar of Medicaid funding is cut.

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 776 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 51. Record Vote Number: 71.

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 776 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 51. Record Vote Number: 71.

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 776 proposed by Senator Schumer.

February 20, 2025

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Amendment SA 776 proposed by Senator Schumer. (consideration: CR S1105-1106) To prevent tax cuts for the wealthy if a single dollar of Medicaid funding is cut.

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 776.

February 20, 2025

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Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 776 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 51. Record Vote Number: 71.

February 20, 2025

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Amendment SA 776 ruled out of order by the chair.

February 20, 2025

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Submitted

SA 776. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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; 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 MEDICAID CUTS TO FUND TAX
BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHY.

(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--
(1) cuts taxes for taxpayers with adjusted gross income
above $1,000,000,000; and
(2) reduces coverage for people in Medicaid, shifts
coverage or funding responsibility to states, or includes a
net reduction in Federal funding for Medicaid.
(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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