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The House rejected a proposed amendment to a pending bill in a lopsided bipartisan vote of 355-69.
This roll-call vote was held to decide whether to adopt a specific amendment (a proposed change) to a bill currently under consideration by the House. Amendments are used by lawmakers to add, delete, or modify specific parts of a piece of legislation before the final version is put to a vote. In the House of Representatives, amendments require a simple majority of those present and voting to pass. This vote is an intermediate step in the legislative process; it determines the final text of the bill but is not the final vote on whether the bill itself becomes law. The amendment failed to pass because a large bipartisan majority of members voted against it. While a minority of Republicans supported the change, nearly all Democrats joined the Republican majority in opposition. As a result, this specific change will not be included in the bill as it moves forward.
The House will proceed to consider other amendments or move toward a final vote on the passage of the underlying bill.
Why it matters. This vote shows that the specific proposal in the amendment lacked the broad support necessary to be included in the final legislation.
Who’s affected. Legislative stakeholders: Supporters of the amendment failed to secure their desired changes to the bill.
Democrats. Democrats were nearly unanimous in their opposition, with 210 members voting against the amendment and only two in favor.
Republicans. Republicans were split; while a majority (144) voted against the amendment, a significant minority of 67 members voted for it.
The House rejected a proposed amendment to a pending bill in a lopsided bipartisan vote of 355-69.
An amendment is a proposal to change the wording of a bill. Before the House votes on whether to pass a bill into law, members often vote on several individual changes like this one to shape the final document.
The House will proceed to consider other amendments or move toward a final vote on the passage of the underlying bill.
This vote shows that the specific proposal in the amendment lacked the broad support necessary to be included in the final legislation.
A broad bipartisan majority opposed the amendment, though support for the measure came almost exclusively from a segment of the Republican caucus.
Democrats were nearly unanimous in their opposition, with 210 members voting against the amendment and only two in favor.
Republicans were split; while a majority (144) voted against the amendment, a significant minority of 67 members voted for it.
The single independent member joined the majority in voting against the amendment.