Amendment sought to authorize the Secretary to approve any eligible investor and cleared investment professional who meets the program's statutory and regulatory requirements to assess potential investment opportunities that match with the Department of War's requirements or potential requirements. It sought to make clear that the program is not capped, allowing an unlimited number of qualified investors, cleared personnel, and covered companies to participate at the discretion of the Secretary of War.

Jul 22, 2026

OUTCOME · FAILED

207/ 431NEEDED 216

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 voted on agreeing to an amendment, but it failed, with 207 voting yes and 224 voting no. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the measure the amendment concerned.

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This was a vote on whether to add an amendment to a measure being considered in the House. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the measure the amendment concerned, so its specific proposed changes are not available here. The amendment failed: 207 members voted yes and 224 voted no. It was not added by this vote, and the vote did not pass or reject the underlying measure.

PROCEDURE

CATEGORY: amendment
NEEDED: Simple Majority
COALITION: Party-line

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The underlying measure still needs a separate House passage vote. This amendment vote does not determine the measure's outcome.

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STAKES

Why it matters. Adopting an amendment changes the text of a measure under consideration. Because this amendment failed, it was not added through this vote.

Who’s affected. Members of the House: The amendment did not become part of the text under consideration through this vote. · People affected by the underlying measure: The amendment did not change the measure's text through this vote; its specific effects cannot be described because the amendment is not linked here.

PARTY DYNAMICS

Democrats. Democrats voted 6 yea and 206 nay; Donald Beyer of Virginia, Jimmy Panetta of California, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Juan Vargas of California, Raul Ruiz of California, and Scott Peters of California voted yes against their party's majority position.

Republicans. Republicans voted 200 yea and 18 nay; Andrew Garbarino of New York and Andy Harris of Maryland voted no against their party's majority position.

8 cross-party votes · Full attendance

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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 #274

HouseAmendmentClose vote

Amendment sought to authorize the Secretary to approve any eligible investor and cleared investment professional who meets the program's statutory and regulatory requirements to assess potential investment opportunities that match with the Department of War's requirements or potential requirements. It sought to make clear that the program is not capped, allowing an unlimited number of qualified investors, cleared personnel, and covered companies to participate at the discretion of the Secretary of War.

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Jul 22, 2026

207–224

216 to pass

HOW THIS VOTE WORKS

Party-line

The House was deciding whether to add the amendment to the text under consideration. This is not a vote to pass or reject the underlying measure.

Threshold

216 of 431

Needs more yes than no votes — 216 of 431 cast this time. (435 total seats; members not voting don’t count toward the threshold.)

Outcome

Short by 9

The amendment failed, so this vote did not add it to the measure. It received 207 yes votes, nine short of the 216 required.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The underlying measure still needs a separate House passage vote. This amendment vote does not determine the measure's outcome.

WHY IT MATTERS

Adopting an amendment changes the text of a measure under consideration. Because this amendment failed, it was not added through this vote.

WHO IS AFFECTED

Members of the House
The amendment did not become part of the text under consideration through this vote.
People affected by the underlying measure
The amendment did not change the measure's text through this vote; its specific effects cannot be described because the amendment is not linked here.

PARTY DYNAMICS

The vote followed the parties' majority positions: Republicans mostly voted yes, while Democrats mostly voted no. Six Democrats voted yes, and 18 Republicans voted no.

Democrats

Democrats voted 6 yea and 206 nay; Donald Beyer of Virginia, Jimmy Panetta of California, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Juan Vargas of California, Raul Ruiz of California, and Scott Peters of California voted yes against their party's majority position.

Republicans

Republicans voted 200 yea and 18 nay; Andrew Garbarino of New York and Andy Harris of Maryland voted no against their party's majority position.

Independents

One independent voted yea.

CROSSED PARTY LINES

D
Donald BeyerVirginia-8
Voted YES against party majority— One of 6 Democrats who voted yes while most Democrats voted no.
D
Jimmy PanettaCalifornia-19
Voted YES against party majority— One of 6 Democrats who voted yes while most Democrats voted no.
D
Josh GottheimerNew Jersey-5
Voted YES against party majority— One of 6 Democrats who voted yes while most Democrats voted no.
D
Juan VargasCalifornia-52
Voted YES against party majority— One of 6 Democrats who voted yes while most Democrats voted no.
D
Raul Ruiz

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