Text of Senate Amendment 269

Text of Senate Amendment 269

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1169] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 269. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth 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 in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD DECREASE THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT FOR PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE BASIC STANDARDS OF LIVING. (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 decrease the available amount for programs that provide basic standards of living for children, seniors, and families, such as the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, the temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, programs that provide housing assistance, or the program to provide block grants to States for social services established under subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security Act. (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). ______