Cloture is a Senate procedure for ending debate. Here, it applied to a motion to begin considering the resolution, and required 60 votes—three-fifths of the Senate’s 100 seats.

The Senate later agreed to S.Res. 526 without amendment by voice vote on May 14, 2026. As a simple Senate resolution, its adoption is final in the Senate and does not change federal law.

The resolution sets a rule for Senators’ pay during government shutdowns. It provides for temporarily holding that pay and releasing it after the shutdown ends.

• U.S. Senators
  If a shutdown occurs after the rule takes effect, their pay would be held during the shutdown and released afterward.

Democrats, Republicans, and independents who voted all supported cloture; one Republican did not vote.

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.