[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6691]
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  SA 1546. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, 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 
                   INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF MEDICAL BANKRUPTCY 
                   FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES, INCLUDING LEGISLATION 
                   THAT WOULD CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MEDICAID.

       (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 likelihood of medical bankruptcy for families in 
     the United States, including any such bill, joint resolution, 
     motion, amendment, or conference report that would result in 
     decreased Federal funding for the Medicaid program under 
     title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 
     seq.).
       (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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