[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1279-S1280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1066. Ms. WARREN 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 RAISING HOUSING COSTS FOR 
                   AMERICAN FAMILIES AND CREATING A WINDFALL FOR 
                   WEALTHY INVESTORS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

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     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that ends 
     the conservatorships of the Federal National Mortgage 
     Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation in 
     a way that would increase mortgage rates or otherwise make 
     housing less affordable for American families and would 
     create a windfall for hedge funds and other wealthy 
     investors.
       (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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