[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1169]
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  SA 269. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2026 through 2034; 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 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 
                   DECREASE THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT FOR PROGRAMS THAT 
                   PROVIDE BASIC STANDARDS OF LIVING.

       (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 
     decrease the available amount for programs that provide basic 
     standards of living for children, seniors, and families, such 
     as the supplemental nutrition assistance program established 
     under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, the temporary 
     assistance for needy families established under part A of 
     title IV of the Social Security Act, programs that provide 
     housing assistance, or the program to provide block grants to 
     States for social services established under subtitle A of 
     title XX of the Social Security Act.
       (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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