[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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