Senate fails to end debate on the Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025
On the Cloture Motion S. 3386
DEC 11, 2025 · 11:45 AM ET
Party-line vote, except 1 Republican who crossed. 9 votes short of the 60 needed.
A yes on cloture only ends debate. It is not a vote to pass the bill.
WHAT IS CLOTURE →A yes on cloture only ends debate. It is not a vote to pass the bill.
WHAT IS CLOTURE →What the Senate was voting on
The Senate voted on whether to end debate on S. 3386, the Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025. The bill would provide federal payments to some people’s health savings accounts, expand access to catastrophic plans, and change Medicaid and CHIP rules. The motion fell 9 votes short of the 60 needed, so debate was not ended.
End debate on S. 3386; this is not a vote to pass the bill.
Keep debating S. 3386; this is not a vote against the bill itself.
Provides HSA payments to some marketplace enrollees, expands access to catastrophic plans, and changes Medicaid, CHIP, and coverage rules.
In committee in the Senate since Dec. 8, 2025, 308 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
- SINCE 1975
- Cloture on bills has needed three-fifths. Before that it took two-thirds of those voting.
- 2013, 2017
- Nominations dropped to a simple majority. Bills did not.
- VP
- The Vice President can break ties on simple-majority votes, not on cloture.
60 is three-fifths of the 100 senators sworn in. Cloture needs three-fifths of sworn senators, not of those voting.
- SINCE 1975
- Cloture on bills has needed three-fifths. Before that it took two-thirds of those voting.
- 2013, 2017
- Nominations dropped to a simple majority. Bills did not.
- VP
- The Vice President can break ties on simple-majority votes, not on cloture.
Party line, with 1 Republican crossing1 Republican crossed. It wasn’t enough.
Every vote on S. 3386, in both chambersEvery vote on S. 3386
- DEC 9Cloture motion filedFILED
- DEC 11#643THIS VOTECloture on the billFAILED51–489 votes short of the 60 needed.
Coverage of this vote and its bill3 stories from 2 outlets
- The Daily CallerRIGHT'More To Come': Mike Johnson Hints He's Working On Healthcare Legislation To Impact All Americans
- The Daily CallerRIGHTNo Healthcare Deal In Sight As Parties Nuke Each Other's Plans
- Tennessee StarExclusive: Senator Blackburn Explains How the GOP Health Plan Puts Money in Americans’ Hands
Lean describes the outlets, not the vote.
