John Kennedy Proposes Amendment to Big Beautiful Bill to Raise Teacher Deductibles

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During Tuesday's debate on the Senate floor, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced an amendment regarding teacher deductibles.

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00:00is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained and the amendment fails.

00:05Mr. President, I call up amendment number 2775 on behalf of Senator Kennedy and

00:11ask that it be reported by number. The clerk will report.

00:15Senator from South Dakota, Mr. Thune, proposes an amendment number 2775 for Mr. Kennedy to

00:22amendment number 2360. Mr. President, Senator from Louisiana. Mr. President, as you know,

00:34as we all know, many of our teachers in America come out of pocket to pay for school supplies.

00:46In 2002, what, 23 years ago, we allowed teachers to deduct $250 when they come out of pocket.

01:01My amendment would raise that deduction from $250 to $600. Teachers right now spend an average

01:13of $650 out of their own pocket. So we would allow them to deduct that instead of the amount

01:20we set in 2002. And I ask a favorable consideration, Mr. President, of my amendment. This will just

01:33let teachers break even for coming out of pocket.

01:36Mr. President.

01:38Senator from Oregon.

01:41I wouldn't have much dispute of subsidizing the out-of-pocket expenses of our public school

01:47teachers. When I was a child, my dad, the mechanic, said, son, because we're so fortunate to live

01:54in America, if you go through the doors of that public school and you study hard, you can

01:58do just about anything. Although I'm certainly a lifetime fan of public education. But in addition

02:06to expanding this for public school teachers, it has a new policy of expanding it to homeschool

02:11teachers. Well, that's quite a new policy to put into a reconciliation bill that really should

02:17be in the education committee and debated and bring people to bear. I'm not immediately struck

02:23that that's a great idea. But certainly, as a new policy, it should go through committee. And for that reason,

02:32I think I'll do a point of order on this particular amendment.

02:38Mr. President, I raise a point of order that the amendment violates Section 4106 of the Fiscal

02:45Year 2018 Budget Resolution, House Con Res 71 of the 150th Congress, known as the Senate Pay-As-You-Go

02:56Go. Point of order.

03:02Mr. President.

03:03The senator from Louisiana.

03:04Do I have any time left, Mr. President?

03:08No.

03:09Mr. President, pursuant to Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and on behalf of all of the teachers in

03:20America, and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move on behalf of all of the teachers in

03:29America to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget resolutions for purposes of the

03:37pending amendment. And once again, on behalf of our teachers, I ask for the yays and nays.

03:43Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll.

03:52Ms. Alsobrooks. Ms. Baldwin.

04:08Mr. Banks.

04:12Mr. Barrasso.

04:17Mr. Bennett.

04:23This is Blackburn.

04:37Mr. Blumenthal.

04:41Mr. Blumenthal.

04:48Ms. Blunt Rochester.

04:50Mr. Booker.

04:52Mr. Bozeman.

04:56Mrs. Britt.

04:57Mr. Bud.

05:02Mr.

05:12Mr.

05:17Mr. Bud.

05:22Ms. Cantwell.

05:47Ms. Capito.

06:07Mr. Cassidy.

06:12Ms. Collins.

06:16Mr. Coons.

06:46Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Danes, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr.

07:15Durbin, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Betterman,

07:22Mr. Fisher, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Haggerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr.

07:29Hickenlooper, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Hirono, Mr. Dayen, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Hirono, Mr.

07:36Mr. Grassley, Mr. Haggerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper,

07:56Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoven, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice,

08:23Mr. Cain, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford,

08:50Mr. Lee, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall,

09:09Mr. McConnel, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Moreno,

09:29Mr. Mullen, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla,

09:36Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Risch, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds,

09:57Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmidt, Mr.

10:27Mr. Schuffer, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina,

10:42Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sheehy, Ms. Slutkin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis,

11:08Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse,

11:15Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Young.

11:38Mr. Young.

12:07Senator is voting in the affirmative.

12:13Banks, Barrasso, Blackburn, Bud, Cassidy, Collins, Cornyn, Kramer, Curtis, Danes, Ernst,

12:23Fisher, Graham, Hoven, Husted, Hydesmith, Johnson, Kennedy, Lankford, Lee, McCormick,

12:32Moody, Moreno, Mullin, Hall, Ricketts, Rounds, Scott of Florida, Sheehy, Thune, Tillis,

12:41Tuberville, Wicker.

12:47Mr. Cotton, aye.

12:51Mr. Bozeman, aye.

13:06Senators voting in the negative.

13:11Also Brooks, Baldwin, Bennett, Blunt Rochester, Booker, Durbin, Gallego, Gillibrand, Hassan,

13:22Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Hirono, Kelly, Kim, Klobuchar, Merkley, Murray, Ossoff, Padilla, Peters,

13:33Reed, Rosen, Sanders, Schiff, Schumer, Slotkin, Smith, Warren, Welch, Wyden.

13:46Mr. Cain.

13:48No.

13:49Ms. Lamas, Ms. Lamas.

14:02No.

14:04No.

14:23Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Duckworth, no.

14:30Mr. Warnock, Mr. Warnock.

14:33No.

14:34Mr. Murphy, Mr. Murphy, no.

14:38Mr. Lujan, Mr. Lujan, no.

14:42Mr. Scott, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, aye.

15:03Ms. Lamas.

15:04Ms. Lamas.

15:05Ms. Lamas.

15:06Aye.

15:07Mrs. Capito.

15:09Mrs. Capito.

15:10Aye.

15:11Mrs. Brett.

15:12Mrs. Brett.

15:13Aye.

15:14Mr. Schmidt.

15:15Aye.

15:16Mr. Schmidt.

15:17Aye.

15:18Mr. Schmidt.

15:22Aye.

15:23Mr. Schmidt.

15:24Aye.

15:25Mr. King.

15:27Mr. King.

15:41Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Cortez Masto, no.

15:47Mr. Haggerty, Mr. Haggerty, aye.

15:54Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Cantwell, no.

16:04Mr. Young, Mr. Young, aye.

16:11Mr. Crapo, Mr. Crapo, aye.

16:21Mr. Risch, Mr. Risch, aye.

16:41Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Shaheen, no.

16:51Mr. Whitehouse, no.

16:54Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Whitehouse, no.

17:13Mr. Blumenthal, no.

17:19Mr. Van Hollen, no.

17:34Mr. Betterman, Mr. Betterman, no.

17:48Mr. Cairns, Mr. Cairns.

18:17Mr. Coons, no.

18:23Mr. Markey, Mr. Markey, no.

18:26Mr. Warner, Mr. Warner, no.

18:31Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schatz, no.

18:41Mr. Hawley, Mr. Hawley, aye.

18:43Mr. Hawley, aye.

18:44Mr. Hawley, aye.

18:49Mr. Harry, aye.

18:51Mr. Wawley, aye.

18:53Mr. Henry, aye.

18:57Mr. Henry, aye.

18:59Mr. McConnell, Mr. McConnell, aye.

19:29Mr. Marshall, Mr. Marshall, aye.

19:59Mr. Grassley, Mr. Grassley, aye.

20:29Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cruz, aye.

20:59Mr. Justice, Mr. Justice, aye.

21:22Mr. Justice, aye.

21:26Mr. Justice, aye.

21:49Mr. Justice, aye.

21:53Mr. Justice, aye.

23:25Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Sullivan, aye.

26:59Mr. Moran.

27:15Aye.

27:17Aye.

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