CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 158

119th Congress · Session 2 · June 5, 2026

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-5457 — To prohibit the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.

SA 5457, submitted by Mr. COONS, is an amendment to bill S. 2. The purpose of this amendment is to add a prohibition that prevents the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to people convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers at or around the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Coons Amdt. No. 5457)
To prohibit the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.
Result: Motion Rejected
Needed three-fifths (60 of 100 senators), the bar for ending debate.
Yea: 54Nay: 45Not Voting: 1100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D44001
Independent I2000
Republican R84500
Official record
How each member voted (100)
54 yea, 45 nay, 1 not voting