On the recordAugust 10, 2021
this amendment maintains what has been the existing right of any Senator to weigh in on the special treatment we give to designated funds. As it stands, this current budget resolution would destroy that right and allow a simple majority of Senators free rein to declare anything and everything an emergency. Without this amendment, fiscal discipline will go out the window, along with the rules laid out in the Budget Act and any chance of countering the Biden administration's reckless socialist agenda. The existing rule worked for bipartisan COVID relief, and it will continue to work for this body. There is nothing broken here to fix. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
