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Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

To strike the paragraph of the bill that rescinds $15,000,000 that had been appropriated for the United States Institute of Peace.

S.Amdt. 2863 · Senate amendment to an amendment

A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors

Changes S.Amdt. 2853, an amendment to H.R. 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025

Last activity — Amendment SA 2863 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 409.

Failed

48 yes 51 no

The Senate voted this amendment down in a recorded vote, where every member's position was written down.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Failed

What this amendment would do

SA 2863, proposed by Mr. Merkley, is an amendment to amendment SA 2853 (proposed by Mr. Thune for Mr. Schmitt) regarding bill H.R. 4.

The purpose of this amendment is to change the existing text by striking line 22 on page 7 and all following text through page 8, line 2.

The bill H.R. 4 relates to rescinding certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages sent to Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, based on section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

  • The Senate: 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. Failed 48 yes · 51 no

    See who voted how →

    07/17/2025 · Roll call 409 · recorded as “On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2863 to S.Amdt. 2853 to H.R. 4 (No short title on file)”