[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6691]
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  SA 1545. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Duckworth, and 
Ms. Hirono) 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 HARM 
                   BABIES BORN PREMATURELY BY CUTTING FEDERAL 
                   FUNDING FOR MEDICAID THAT SUPPORTS MEDICATIONS, 
                   SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, AND THERAPIES TO HELP THESE 
                   BABIES THRIVE AND PROTECTS THEIR FAMILIES FROM 
                   BANKRUPTCY.

       (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 
     harm babies born prematurely by cutting Federal funding for 
     the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), which supports medications, 
     special equipment, and therapies to help these babies thrive 
     and protects their families from bankruptcy.
       (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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