Senate rejects a budget waiver for the amendment to protect consumers from tariff and Iran war price increases
On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 4956)
APR 22, 2026 · 11:37 PM ET
Party-line vote, except 1 Republican who crossed. 13 votes short of the 60 needed.
What the Senate was voting on
The Senate voted on whether to waive budget rules for S.Amdt. 4956, which would allow budget adjustments for qualifying legislation to lower consumer prices associated with tariffs and the Iran war, provided it did not increase deficits. S.Con.Res. 33 sets the federal budget framework for fiscal years 2026 through 2035 and provides reconciliation instructions. The motion was rejected, falling 13 votes short of the 60 needed.
Set aside the budget rules that S.Amdt. 4956 would otherwise break.
Keep the budget rules in place for S.Amdt. 4956.
Lets the Senate Budget Committee chairman adjust committee allocations and the pay-as-you-go ledger, which tracks budget effects, for legislation lowering consumer prices raised by tariffs and the Iran war, as long as it does not increase…
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.
- VP
- The Vice President can break ties on simple-majority votes, not on 60-vote ones.
Party line, with 1 Republican crossing1 Republican 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 47–51 on April 22, 13 short of the 60 needed, with 1 Republican 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#94THIS VOTEBudget waiver for the amendment to protect consumers from tariff and Iran war price increasesFAILED47–5113 votes short of the 60 needed.
- APR 23#105On adoptionPASSED50–48
