Amendment · S.Amdt. 4236· Senate(119-SAMDT-4236)

To strike all earmarks.

Age: 55 years

Utah

Introduced: 1/27/2026
Last activity: 1/30/2026 — Motion to table amendment SA 4236 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 33. Record Vote Number: 15.
Sponsored by: Mike Lee
Cosponsors: None

Changes bill: 119-HR-7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

Introduced
Failed

The Senate voted 67–33 to set this amendment aside permanently, which ends it without a vote on the amendment itself.

What this amendment would do

SA 4236, submitted by Mr. LEE, is an amendment to bill H.R. 7148.

The purpose of this amendment is to add a section titled STRIKE OF EARMARKS. It aims to change the bill by stating that no funds provided under any division of the Act can be used for any Congressionally Directed Spending project specified in any provision of those divisions.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

The Senate: a vote to kill something without debating itMotion to Table Agreed to 67–33
Setting a measure aside permanently. A successful motion to table ends the matter, so a vote for tabling is a vote against whatever was tabled.
01/30/2026 · Roll call 15 · recorded as “On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4236 to H.R. 7148 (No short title on file)”