CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

To place reasonable limits on contributions to Super PACs which make independent expenditures.

S.Amdt. 5451 · Senate amendment to an amendment

A amendment from an independent

Changes S.Amdt. 5453, an amendment to S. 2 — Secure America Act

Last activity — Amendment SA 5451 ruled out of order by the chair.

Ruled out of order

The presiding officer ruled that this amendment could not be offered here, so it was never voted on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Ruled out of order by the chair

What this amendment would do

SA 5451, submitted by Mr. Sanders, aims to add a limitation on contributions to independent expenditure committees to bill S. 2.

  • The amendment changes Section 315(a)(1)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 by replacing the phrase "to any other political committee" with "to an independent expenditure committee or any other political committee."

  • It adds a definition for "independent expenditure committee," which is a political committee that makes independent expenditures or contributions to other independent expenditure committees totaling $5,000 or more during a calendar year. This definition also includes accounts created by a political committee for these purposes.

  • These changes would apply starting in the first calendar year that begins after the Act is enacted and every year after that.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

  • The Senate: 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. Blocked 45 yes · 53 no

    See who voted how →

    06/04/2026 · Roll call 148 · recorded as “On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Sanders Amdt. No. 5451)”