[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1690. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Van Hollen, 
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Lujan, 
Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Rosen, and Ms. Alsobrooks) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by her 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, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 
                   INCREASE DRUG COSTS FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH 
                   DISABILITIES ON MEDICARE.

       (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 
     increase cost-sharing or out-of-pocket expenses for seniors 
     or people with disabilities who rely on Medicare for their 
     prescription drug coverage.
       (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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