[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S357]
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SA 219. Mr. KENNEDY 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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON
THE BUDGET THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR A BALANCED
BUDGET.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget or an
amendment thereto, an amendment between the Houses thereto,
or a conference report thereon that sets forth as the
appropriate amount of the deficit for fiscal year 2021, or
any fiscal year thereafter, an amount that is more than $0.
(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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