CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 185

119th Congress · Session 1 · April 5, 2025

A vote to set aside an objection that the measure breaks a budget rule

A senator objected that the measure spends or cuts more than the budget allows. Sixty votes set that objection aside; fewer, and the measure is stopped by the objection without a vote on what it would do.

What was being voted on

119-SAMDT-1690 — To create a point of order against legislation that would increase drug costs for seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare.

What This Amendment Does Ms. Cortez Masto and several other senators submitted this amendment, labeled SA 1690, to the budget resolution H. Con. Res. 14. The main purpose of this amendment is to create a new rule in the Senate. This rule stops the Senate from considering any legislation, bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that would increase cost-sharing or out-of-pocket expenses for seniors and people with disabilities who rely on Medicare for their prescription drug coverage.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion (Motion to Waive Section 305(b)(2) of the CBA re: Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 1690)
To create a point of order against legislation that would increase drug costs for seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare.
Result: Motion Rejected
Needed three-fifths (60 of 100 senators), the bar for ending debate.
Yea: 49Nay: 50Not Voting: 1100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D44001
Independent I2000
Republican R35000
Official record
How each member voted (100)
49 yea, 50 nay, 1 not voting