Cloture is a vote to limit debate. Here, it applied to the motion about whether to take up S. 5, not to the bill itself. The motion needed 60 votes, and it received 84.

The Senate later passed S. 5 on January 22, and it became law on January 29, 2025.

• On Passage
  Jan 22, 2025Passed

The vote cleared a procedural step that allowed the Senate to consider a bill changing detention requirements in some immigration cases and giving state attorneys general a way to sue federal agencies over certain immigration enforcement issues.

• Certain non-citizens who are inadmissible and charged with or admit to specified crimes
  The law requires federal authorities to detain people in this group.
• State attorneys general and federal immigration agencies
  State attorneys general may bring certain lawsuits against federal agencies over alleged immigration-law violations that harm their state or residents.

Both parties’ majorities voted yes, and the vote was not party-line: Democrats split, while nearly all Republicans voted yes. The two independents split their votes.

• D
  Andy KimNew Jersey

  Voted NO against party majority— One of 8 Democrats who voted no while most Democrats voted yes.
• D
  Brian SchatzHawaii

  Voted NO against party majority— One of 8 Democrats who voted no while most Democrats voted yes.
• D
  Cory BookerNew Jersey

  Voted NO against party majority

Cloture

Senate procedure that ends debate on a measure. Requires 60 votes to invoke on most legislation, simple majority on nominations after the 2013/2017 nuclear options. Voting yes on cloture is not the same as voting yes on the underlying bill — many senators do one but not the other.

Motion to proceed

Senate motion to begin formal floor consideration of a bill. Itself filibusterable, so often the first hurdle a bill faces — and often where bills die without ever being debated on their merits.