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The Senate rejected a motion to waive applicable budgetary discipline for Schumer Amendment No. 776, by 49–51. The motion needed 60 votes and fell short by 11.
The Senate voted on whether to waive applicable budgetary discipline for Schumer Amendment No. 776. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the measure it concerns. The motion was rejected, so this vote did not waive the applicable budgetary discipline.
The vote did not waive the budgetary discipline. The roll-call information provided does not identify the next action on the amendment.
Why it matters. The vote determined whether budgetary discipline would be waived for the identified amendment. It did not decide the amendment itself.
Who’s affected. Senators considering Schumer Amendment No. 776: The applicable budgetary discipline was not waived by this vote.
Democrats. All 45 Democrats voted yes, matching their party’s majority position.
Republicans. Fifty-one Republicans voted no and two voted yes; Josh Hawley of Missouri and Susan Collins of Maine voted against their party’s majority position.
Feb 20, 2025
The Senate rejected a motion to waive applicable budgetary discipline for Schumer Amendment No.
776, by 49–51. The motion needed 60 votes and fell short by 11.
This was a vote on whether to set aside budget rules for the amendment, not a vote on the amendment itself. The motion needed 60 votes; it received 49.
The vote did not waive the budgetary discipline. The roll-call information provided does not identify the next action on the amendment.
The vote determined whether budgetary discipline would be waived for the identified amendment. It did not decide the amendment itself.
Democrats and both independents voted yes. Republicans mostly voted no, though two voted yes; the parties’ majority positions were yes for Democrats and no for Republicans.
All 45 Democrats voted yes, matching their party’s majority position.
Fifty-one Republicans voted no and two voted yes; Josh Hawley of Missouri and Susan Collins of Maine voted against their party’s majority position.
Both independents voted yes.