On the recordMarch 26, 2015
this amendment, amendment No. 855, would create a budget point of order--a point of order that would make it clear it is not in order to consider a debt ceiling increase using reconciliation instructions under this budget. While the language in this budget does not itself expressly authorize the use of reconciliation for this purpose, it does nothing to prohibit such language from being added in conference. So the point of order at issue would impact only legislation that attempts to use reconciliation instructions to pass a debt limit increase, and it would require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members duly sworn and chosen. This is something the American people deserve to have debated and discussed independently. It is also something that ought to require an enhanced threshold. I encourage my colleagues to support amendment No. 855. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
