[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6547-S6548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1175. Mr. VAN HOLLEN 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 title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION DECREASING TAXES 
                   TO HOUSEHOLDS IN THE TOP 1 PERCENT OF INCOME.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill,

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     joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the 
     Houses, or conference report pursuant to section 2001 that 
     provides any net tax cuts to households in the top 1 percent 
     of income.
       (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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