Senate rejects a budget waiver for the amendment to create a point of order on insurer delays or denials
On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Ossoff Amdt. No. 4897)
APR 22, 2026 · 10:42 PM ET
Party-line vote, except 3 Republicans who crossed. 11 votes short of the 60 needed.
What the Senate was voting on
The Senate voted on whether to set aside the applicable budget rules for S.Amdt. 4897, an amendment that would add a point of order against reconciliation measures that do not address insurers’ improper denials or delays of care. The underlying resolution sets federal budget levels for fiscal years 2026–2035 and provides reconciliation instructions. The motion was rejected, falling 11 votes short of the 60 needed.
Waive the applicable budget rules for S.Amdt. 4897.
Keep the applicable budget rules in place for S.Amdt. 4897.
Adds a Senate point of order against considering reconciliation bills and related measures that do not hold health insurers accountable for improperly denying or delaying medically necessary care, including cancer treatment, transplants…
Agreed to by both chambers on April 29, 2026. Concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.
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- The Vice President can break ties on simple-majority votes, not on 60-vote ones.
60 is three-fifths of the 100 senators sworn in. Waiving a Budget Act limit takes three-fifths of sworn senators, not of those voting.
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- The Vice President can break ties on simple-majority votes, not on 60-vote ones.
Party line, with 3 Republicans crossing3 Republicans crossed. It wasn’t enough.
Every vote on S.Con.Res. 33, in both chambersFailed in the Senate. Passed the House.
CHAMBER CONTRASTThe Senate rejected it 49–49 on April 22, 11 short of the 60 needed, with 3 Republicans voting yes. The House agreed to it 215–211 on April 29.
- APR 21Discharged from committeeDISCHARGED
- APR 21#87Motion to proceedAGREED TO52–46
- APR 22#91THIS VOTEBudget waiver for the amendment to create a point of order on insurer delays or denialsFAILED49–4911 votes short of the 60 needed.
- APR 23#105On adoptionPASSED50–48
