Amendment sought to prohibit the Department of Defense from using taxpayer funds to cover the costs of foreign military personnel participating in bilateral or multilateral military exercises conducted with the United States unless the Secretary of Defense waives the prohibition when necessary to support a U.S. national security interest.

Jul 21, 2026

OUTCOME · FAILED

61/ 426NEEDED 214

Threshold: Simple Majority

HEADS UP

Amendment, not the bill.This vote modifies the underlying bill but does not pass or reject the bill itself. The bill still needs a separate passage vote.

WHAT THIS VOTE DID

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The House rejected the amendment. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the specific amendment or the bill it concerned.

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The House voted on whether to adopt an amendment—a proposed change to a bill. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the specific amendment or the bill it concerned. The amendment failed, so it was not added to the bill. This vote did not pass or reject the bill itself.

PROCEDURE

CATEGORY: amendment
NEEDED: Simple Majority
COALITION: bipartisan majority

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The bill still needs a separate passage vote. This result does not determine whether the bill passes.

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PARTY DYNAMICS

Democrats. 213 voted no and 2 did not vote.

Republicans. 61 voted yes, 151 voted no, and 8 did not vote.

8 cross-party votes · Full attendance

MEMBERS · 436

AI-WRITTENThe summary and analysis of this vote were written by an AI model from the roll-call record.

Model: gpt-6-lunaMethod: Vote analysis, version 2.0Generated: Sep 25, 2026Confidence: Low

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VOTE FAILED· 119TH CONGRESS · 2ND SESSION · ROLL CALL #263

HouseAmendment

Amendment sought to prohibit the Department of Defense from using taxpayer funds to cover the costs of foreign military personnel participating in bilateral or multilateral military exercises conducted with the United States unless the Secretary of Defense waives the prohibition when necessary to support a U.S. national security interest.

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Jul 21, 2026

61–365

214 to pass

Margin

304 votes

HOW THIS VOTE WORKS

Bipartisan majority

This was a vote on whether to add a proposed change to a bill. It was not a vote on final passage of the bill.

Threshold

214 of 426

Needs more yes than no votes — 214 of 426 cast this time. (435 total seats; members not voting don’t count toward the threshold.)

Outcome

Short by 153

The amendment failed and was not added to the bill. The bill itself was not passed or rejected by this vote.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The bill still needs a separate passage vote. This result does not determine whether the bill passes.

PARTY DYNAMICS

The vote did not fall on party lines: Republicans split, while Democrats and the one voting independent opposed the amendment.

Democrats

213 voted no and 2 did not vote.

Republicans

61 voted yes, 151 voted no, and 8 did not vote.

Independents

The one independent voted no.

CROSSED PARTY LINES

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Aaron BeanFlorida-4
Voted YES against party majority— One of 61 Republicans who voted yes while most Republicans voted no.
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Andrew OglesTennessee-5
Voted YES against party majority— One of 61 Republicans who voted yes while most Republicans voted no.
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Andy HarrisMaryland-1
Voted YES against party majority— One of 61 Republicans who voted yes while most Republicans voted no.
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Anna LunaFlorida-13
Voted YES against party majority— One of 61 Republicans who voted yes while most Republicans voted no.
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Barry MooreAlabama-1
Voted YES against party majority— One of 61 Republicans who voted yes while most Republicans voted no.
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Ben ClineVirginia-6
Voted YES against party majority— One of 61 Republicans who voted yes while most Republicans voted no.
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Brad KnottNorth Carolina-13
Voted YES against party majority— One of 61 Republicans who voted yes while most Republicans voted no.
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Brandon GillTexas-26
Voted YES against party majority— One of 61 Republicans who voted yes while most Republicans voted no.

AI-WRITTENThe summary and analysis of this vote were written by an AI model from the roll-call record.

Model: gpt-6-lunaMethod: Vote analysis, version 2.0Generated: Sep 25, 2026Confidence: Low

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