CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 6

119th Congress · Session 1 · January 20, 2025

A vote on a proposed change to the bill

A vote on one change, not on the bill. A bill can collect dozens of these, and losing one does not stop it.

What was being voted on

119-SAMDT-8 — To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.

What the Amendment Does Proposed by: Ms. Ernst and Mr. Grassley (SA 8). Purpose: It changes the bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take certain aliens into custody. Changes to the Bill: It adds people who are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit to committing burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, or any crime resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Additional Definitions: It adds definitions for terms like burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, and serious bodily injury based on the laws of the place where the acts happened.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 8 to S. 5 (No short title on file)
To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.
Result: Amendment Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 75Nay: 2499 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D222300
Independent I1100
Republican R52000
Official record
How each member voted (99)
75 yea, 24 nay