[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1121. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Bennet) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1116 
proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 71, 
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 
                   INCREASE THE DEFICIT WITH TAX CUTS FOR THE 
                   WEALTHY WITHOUT ALSO REPEALING THE DEBT 
                   CEILING.

       (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 would 
     increase the Federal deficit by lowering taxes on the 
     wealthiest taxpayers without also repealing the debt ceiling.
       (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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