[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 478 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 478

Amending rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to increase the 
   voting threshold to invoke cloture on general appropriation bills 
                   during periods of high inflation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 14, 2021

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Scott of 
Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to increase the 
   voting threshold to invoke cloture on general appropriation bills 
                   during periods of high inflation.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Stop Inflationary Spending 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. CLOTURE THRESHOLD FOR GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILLS DURING 
              PERIODS OF HIGH INFLATION.

    Paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended in the second undesignated subparagraph by inserting ``, or on 
a general appropriation bill, or an amendment thereto, amendment 
between the Houses in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or 
motion thereon, that is considered during a period during which the 
increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers with 
respect to the preceding 12-month period, as determined by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics, is more than 4.0 percent, in which case the 
necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds of the Senators present 
and voting'' after ``present and voting''.
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