[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2233]
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  SA 1593. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing 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, add the following:

     SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION 
                   THAT, WHEN SCORED USING THE CURRENT LAW 
                   BASELINE, COSTS MORE THAN $4,000,000,000,000.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to 
     section 2002, or an amendment to, conference report on, or 
     amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or 
     joint resolution, that would, when scored using the current 
     law baseline under section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907), result 
     in an increase in the deficit of more than $4,000,000,000,000 
     during the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 
     2034.
       (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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