CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 15

119th Congress · Session 2 · January 30, 2026

A vote to kill something without debating it

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.

What was being voted on

119-SAMDT-4236 — To strike all earmarks.

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.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4236 to H.R. 7148 (No short title on file)
To strike all earmarks.
Result: Motion to Table Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 67Nay: 33100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D45000
Independent I2000
Republican R203300
Official record
How each member voted (100)
67 yea, 33 nay