[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6581]
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  SA 1345. Mr. MERKLEY 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. 41_. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW 
                   FOR A NET REDUCTION OF TAXES PAID BY PERSONS 
                   WITH INCOME OF MORE THAN $1,000,000 AND WOULD 
                   ALLOW FOR AN INCREASE OF TAXES PAID BY 
                   INDIVIDUALS IN THE LOWEST TAX BRACKET.

       (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 
     allow for a net reduction of taxes paid by persons with 
     income of more than $1,000,000 and would allow for an 
     increase of taxes paid by individuals in the lowest tax 
     bracket.
       (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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