Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 776 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered 776. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prevent tax cuts for the wealthy if a single dollar of Medicaid funding is cut) At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST MEDICAID CUTS TO FUND TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHY. (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-- (1) cuts taxes for taxpayers with adjusted gross income above $1,000,000,000; and (2) reduces coverage for people in Medicaid, shifts coverage or funding responsibility to states, or includes a net reduction in Federal funding for Medicaid. (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).”