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Text of Senate Amendment 5091

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On 2026-04-22, Senator Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5091" in the Senate. The speech addressed labor policy. It referenced legislation: S1989.

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Text of Senate Amendment 5091

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1989] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5091. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING ATTACKS ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BY PROTECTING LEGALLY BINDING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Federal workforce, which may include preventing the President from improperly exempting Federal agencies, and components of Federal agencies, from the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 10 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 5091 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1989] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5091. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING ATTACKS ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BY PROTECTING LEGALLY BINDING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Federal workforce, which may include preventing the President from improperly exempting Federal agencies, and components of Federal agencies, from the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 10 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035. ______