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The Senate rejected a motion to waive applicable budgetary discipline for Cassidy Amendment No. 5812. It received 52 yes votes, short of the 60 required.
The motion asked the Senate to set aside applicable budgetary discipline for Cassidy Amendment No. 5812. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the amendment, so its contents are not available here. The Senate rejected the motion, 52–47, with one senator not voting. The motion therefore did not waive the applicable budgetary discipline.
The motion is rejected. This result alone does not establish what happened to the amendment afterward.
Why it matters. The vote determined whether applicable budgetary discipline would be waived for the amendment, but it did not decide the amendment itself.
Who’s affected. Senators considering the amendment: The requested waiver was denied, so this vote did not set aside the applicable budgetary discipline.
Democrats. 44 Democrats voted yes and 1 did not vote.
Republicans. Six Republicans voted yes and 47 voted no; the Republicans voting yes were Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Jon Husted (Ohio), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), and Thomas Tillis (North Carolina).
Jun 5, 2026
The Senate rejected a motion to waive applicable budgetary discipline for Cassidy Amendment No.
5812. It received 52 yes votes, short of the 60 required.
This was a vote on whether to set aside budget-related rules for the amendment, not a direct vote on the amendment itself. The motion needed 60 votes, or three-fifths of the Senate, and received 52.
The motion is rejected. This result alone does not establish what happened to the amendment afterward.
The vote determined whether applicable budgetary discipline would be waived for the amendment, but it did not decide the amendment itself.
Democrats and both independents voted yes, while Republicans were mostly opposed; the vote was not party-line.
44 Democrats voted yes and 1 did not vote.
Six Republicans voted yes and 47 voted no; the Republicans voting yes were Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Jon Husted (Ohio), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), and Thomas Tillis (North Carolina).
Both independents voted yes.