[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 215 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S9164]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 478--AMENDING RULE XXII OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
 SENATE TO INCREASE THE VOTING THRESHOLD TO INVOKE CLOTURE ON GENERAL 
          APPROPRIATION BILLS DURING PERIODS OF HIGH INFLATION

  Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Scott 
of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Rules and Administration:

                              S. Res. 478

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This resolution may be cited as the ``Stop Inflationary 
     Spending Resolution''.

     SEC. 2. CLOTURE THRESHOLD FOR GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILLS 
                   DURING PERIODS OF HIGH INFLATION.

       Paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
     Senate is amended in the second undesignated subparagraph by 
     inserting ``, or on a general appropriation bill, or an 
     amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses in relation 
     thereto, conference report thereon, or motion thereon, that 
     is considered during a period during which the increase in 
     the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers with respect 
     to the preceding 12-month period, as determined by the Bureau 
     of Labor Statistics, is more than 4.0 percent, in which case 
     the necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds of the 
     Senators present and voting'' after ``present and voting''.

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