[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2247]
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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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