[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2242-S2243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1661. Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Booker, 
Mr. Kelly, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. King, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. 
Alsobrooks, and Ms. Rosen) 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, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT CUTS 
                   ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND 
                   SENIORS TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO BILLIONAIRES.

       (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 gives 
     tax cuts to billionaires while cutting meals for starving 
     seniors and eliminating child care services for working 
     families, including any legislation that--
       (1) cuts taxes for taxpayers with adjusted gross income 
     above $1,000,000,000;
       (2) reduces or eliminates federal funding for the Temporary 
     Assistance for Needy Families program;
       (3) reduces or eliminates federal funding for the Social 
     Services Block Grant;
       (4) reduces or eliminates federal funding for Meals on 
     Wheels;
       (5) reduces or eliminates federal funding for Head Start;
       (6) reduces or eliminates federal funding for programs that 
     support prevention services to keep vulnerable families 
     together whenever possible;

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       (7) reduces or eliminates federal funding for programs that 
     support child care;
       (8) reduces or eliminates federal funding for programs that 
     support kinship caregivers, guardianship assistance, adoption 
     services and assistance, foster care services, and child 
     protective services; or
       (9) reduces or eliminates federal funding for programs that 
     support legal services for children and families in foster 
     care.
       (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).
       (1) defunds essential services for children, families, and 
     seniors, including programs that feed hungry seniors like 
     Meals on Wheels; Head Start and other child care assistance 
     that allows parents to work and pay their bills; programs 
     that keep children safe from abuse and neglect; to give 
     massive tax cuts to billionaires
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