Text of Senate Amendment 1524

On 2025-04-03, Senator Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1524" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 1524

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S2223] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1524. Mr. KING 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, insert the following: SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CUTS TO CORPORATE TAX REVENUE. (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 decreases, or would decrease, corporate tax revenue in the current fiscal year, the budget year, and the ensuing 9 fiscal years following the budget year. (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). ______