CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 392

119th Congress · Session 1 · July 15, 2025

A vote on whether to start debating something

This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.

What was being voted on

119-HR-4 — Rescissions Act of 2025

The Rescissions Act of 2025 cancels various budget authorizations as proposed by the President on June 3, 2025. It targets unobligated balances from several appropriations acts, primarily affecting international organizations, foreign assistance, and diplomacy programs. The act also removes funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 4
A bill to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.

The Senate split 50–50. The Vice President of the United States broke the tie by voting Yea, which is what decided it.

Yea: 50Nay: 50100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04500
Independent I0200
Republican R50300
Official record
How each member voted (100)
50 yea, 50 nay