US Congress Senate Resolution 29 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-05 - Referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1687)
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Declares that: (1) time on a budget resolution may only be yielded back by consent; (2) no first degree amendment may be proposed after the 10th hour of debate on such legislation unless it has been submitted to the Journal Clerk before the expiration of such hour; (3) no second degree amendment may be proposed after the 20th hour of debate on a budget resolution unless it has been submitted to such Clerk before the expiration of the 20th hour; (4) the budget resolution shall be set aside for one calendar day, after up to 40 hours of debate, so that all filed amendments are printed and made available in the Congressional Record before debate continues; and (5) provisions contained in such measure or its amendments shall exclude programmatic detail not within the Senate Committee on the Budget's jurisdiction. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

A resolution to limit consideration of amendments under a budget resolution.

Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-05		Referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1687)
2009-02-05		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1687-1688)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-resolution/29/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sres29/BILLS-111sres29is.pdf