[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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