Amendment sought to reduce funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program by $13 million and apply the savings to the Spending Reduction Account by a similar amount.

Sep 3, 2025

OUTCOME · FAILED

140/ 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

AI-written

The House rejected H.Amdt. 69, which proposed cutting $13 million from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program and putting the savings toward reducing government spending.

MORE DETAIL →

The amendment to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, proposed reducing funding for a federal loan program for high-tech vehicle manufacturing by $13 million and applying the savings to the Spending Reduction Account. The House rejected the proposal, so this amendment did not change the program’s funding.

PROCEDURE

CATEGORY: amendment
NEEDED: Simple Majority
COALITION: bipartisan majority

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, still requires a separate House passage vote.

OPEN AMENDMENT →

STAKES

Why it matters. The vote determined whether the bill would include this proposed $13 million reduction to a federal loan program. Because the amendment failed, it did not make that change.

Who’s affected. Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program: The proposed $13 million funding reduction was not made through this amendment.

PARTY DYNAMICS

Democrats. Democrats voted 208 nay, with 7 not voting; the party’s majority position was no.

Republicans. Republicans voted 140 yea and 78 nay, with 3 not voting; the party’s majority position was yes. Adrian Smith, Andrew Garbarino, Ann Wagner, Ashley Hinson, Bill Huizenga, Blake Moore, Brett Guthrie, and Brian Fitzpatrick voted no.

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 26, 2026Confidence: High

What do you think?

0 votes

Discussion

Loading comments...

Prev Next

VOTE FAILED· 119TH CONGRESS · 1ST SESSION · ROLL CALL #230

HouseAmendment

Amendment sought to reduce funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program by $13 million and apply the savings to the Spending Reduction Account by a similar amount.

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Sep 3, 2025

140–286

214 to pass

Margin

146 votes

Short by

74 of 214

Crossed

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 HAPPENED

AI-written

The House rejected H.Amdt.

69, which proposed cutting $13 million from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program and putting the savings toward reducing government spending.

Read the amendment View on House.gov ↗

HOW THIS VOTE WORKS

Bipartisan majority

An amendment vote decides whether to add a proposed change to the text of a bill under consideration. This vote does not pass or reject the bill itself; the House needs a separate vote on passage.

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 74

The amendment failed, so its proposed funding cut was not made. The bill was not passed or rejected by this vote.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, still requires a separate House passage vote.

Underlying measureAmendment sought to reduce funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program by $13 million and apply the savings to the Spending Reduction Account by a similar amount.failed

WHY IT MATTERS

The vote determined whether the bill would include this proposed $13 million reduction to a federal loan program. Because the amendment failed, it did not make that change.

WHO IS AFFECTED

Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program
The proposed $13 million funding reduction was not made through this amendment.

PARTY DYNAMICS

The amendment failed, 140–286. Republicans’ majority position was yes and Democrats’ was no, so this was not a party-line vote.

Democrats

Democrats voted 208 nay, with 7 not voting; the party’s majority position was no.

Republicans

Republicans voted 140 yea and 78 nay, with 3 not voting; the party’s majority position was yes. Adrian Smith, Andrew Garbarino, Ann Wagner, Ashley Hinson, Bill Huizenga, Blake Moore, Brett Guthrie, and Brian Fitzpatrick voted no.

CROSSED PARTY LINES

R
Adrian SmithNebraska-3
Voted NO against party majority— One of 78 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R
Andrew GarbarinoNew York-2
Voted NO against party majority— One of 78 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R
Ann WagnerMissouri-2
Voted NO against party majority— One of 78 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R

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 26, 2026Confidence: High

PARTY BREAKDOWN

Party

← YeaNay →

Majority

Democraticn=215

208

voted No

Republicann=221

140

voted Yes

Crossed party lines

against their majority

140–78

Tightest split

Republican caucus

0–208

Democratic caucus

opposed the motion

AMENDMENT

HAMDT 69

Amendment sought to reduce funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program by $13 million and apply the savings to the Spending Reduction Account by a similar amount.

View amendment page →

OFFICIAL SOURCES

↗clerk.house.gov — House roll call #230 ↗congress.gov — HAMDT 69

What do you think?

0 votes