{"body":{"post":{"id":"0p55051y1k415a5g6a2y","title":"Budget Amendments Rejected by GOP","content":"**created** 2025.02.21\n**last updated** \n**tags** #politics #list #voting\n**related** [Senate Passes G.O.P. Budget Plan After Democrats Force Long Night of Votes](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/senate-vote-budget.html)\n**source** [US Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_119_1.htm)\n \n\nSenate Democrats proposed a significant number of  amendments on the [[Trump]] administration's budget bill. These were largely performative and lacked the votes to succeed, but to prove a point about the broader Republican agenda. See above #nyt article for more background.\n\n**It's good political theater!** It reads like a list of the things our government is supposed to be doing, and isn't - and I mean that as disrespectfully as possible *to all parties.*\n\n\n[S.Con.Res.7](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/7) - An original concurrent resolution setting forth 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.\n\n#### Motions and amendments rejected:\n1. To prevent unwarranted tax cuts for the ultra-rich. ([Schumer Amdt. No. 454](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00062.htm))\n2. To stop tax cuts for the ultra-rich while families struggle to put food on the table. ([Klobuchar Amdt. No. 494](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00063.htm))\n3. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the impacts of hedge fund ownership of single-family homes and rent prices. ([Merkley Amdt. No. 473](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00064.htm))\n4. To create a point of order against any reconciliation bill that would not decrease the cost of housing for American families. ([Warner Amdt. No. 130](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00065.htm))\n5. To strike the reconciliation instructions and create a reserve fund to implement a bipartisan, multi-year agreement to provide up to $171,000,000,000 in discretionary funding for defense and up to $171,000,000,000 in discretionary funding for other programs, accounts, and activities to address border, veterans, farmers, food and nutrition, disaster relief, and other needs. ([Murray Amdt. No. 878](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00066.htm))\n6. To create a point of order against legislation that would raise energy costs for Americans, including higher monthly electricity bills, building material expenses, and transportation costs. ([Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 925](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00067.htm))\n7. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reinstating the fired Federal employees at the Forest Service, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management. ([Bennet Amdt. No. 540](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00068.htm))\n8. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting Federal wildland firefighters and associated personnel. ([Schiff Amdt. No. 316](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00069.htm))\n9. To prevent tax cuts for the wealthy if a single dollar of Medicaid funding is cut. ([Schumer Amdt. No. 776](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00071.htm))\n10. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting access to maternal and pediatric health care through Medicaid. ([Ossoff Amdt. No. 407](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00072.htm))\n11. To prevent millions of Americans from being kicked off their health coverage, suffering needlessly, getting sicker, and dying sooner. ([Wyden Amdt. No. 1156](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00073.htm))\n12. To create a point of order against legislation that would take away health care from seniors, including those receiving care in nursing homes, through cuts to the Medicaid program. ([Baldwin Amdt. No. 276](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00074.htm))\n13. To create a point of order against legislation that would reduce Medicare and Medicaid benefits for Americans. **([Reed Amdt. No. 172](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00075.htm))**\n14. To ensure continued United States support for the Government of Ukraine to stand firm against aggression by the Government of Russia in Europe. **([Reed Amdt. No. 299](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00076.htm))**\n15. To require an adequate amount of deficit reduction as part of reconciliation. ([Paul Amdt No. 999](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00077.htm)) (lol)\n16. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing reductions in funding and staffing necessary to respond to, control, and prevent avian flu. ([Slotkin Amdt. No. 664](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00078.htm))\n17. To create a point of order against legislation that would cut funding from the school lunch or school breakfast programs. ([Van Hollen Amdt. No. 233](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00079.htm))\n18. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preserving and extending vital tax credits enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which make heath care accessible and affordable and that have led to the lowest uninsured rate in our Nation's history. ([Shaheen Amdt. No. 436](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00080.htm))\n19. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting police, which may include initiatives that provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. ([Lujan Amdt. No. 699](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00081.htm)) (ACAB)\n20. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting access to fertility services, and eliminating barriers for families in need of high-quality, affordable fertility services by expanding nationwide coverage for in vitro fertilization. ([Duckworth Amdt. No. 971](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00082.htm))\n21. To ensure full and uninterrupted funding for Department of Veterans Affairs health care and benefits provided by the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168), also known as the \"PACT Act\", preventing any cuts or delays. ([Blumenthal Amdt. No. 659](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00083.htm))\n22. To strike reconciliation instructions requiring damaging cuts to programs critical to rural Americans and food assistance for American families. ([Lujan Amdt. No. 957](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00084.htm))\n23. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending price gouging on prescription drugs. ([Merkley Amdt. No. 1207](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00086.htm))\n\n#### Motions and amendments approved:\n1. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid. ([Sullivan Amdt. No. 1029](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00070.htm))\n2. To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Congress continuing its work to rein in the administrative state by supporting legislation that prevents Federal agencies from finalizing major rules without congressional approval, strengthens the Article 1 law-making powers of Congress, cuts spending resulting from costly regulations, reduces inflation, and unleashes economic growth. ([Lee Amdt. No. 922](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00085.htm))"}}}