[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S333]
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  SA 56. Mr. CRAPO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES ON 
                   MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES AND WORKING AMERICANS TO 
                   FUND MEDICARE PROGRAM SPENDING.

       (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 
     impose an additional tax increase in order to finance the 
     Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund, unless 
     the legislation also includes commensurate programmatic 
     reforms or spending reductions that do not hinder patient 
     access to innovative items or services.
       (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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