Christopher Coons (D-DE)
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.
A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors
Changes S.Amdt. 5453, an amendment to S. 2 — Secure America Act
Last activity — Amendment SA 5457 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
- Introduced
- Ruled out of order by the chair
What this amendment would do
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.
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 54 yes · 45 no
06/05/2026 · Roll call 158 · recorded as “On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Coons Amdt. No. 5457)”
- 6/5/2026
- Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive all budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 5457, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 158.
- Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 5457 proposed by Senator Coons to Amendment SA 5453.
- Amendment SA 5457 proposed by Senator Coons to Amendment SA 5453. 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.
- Point of order that the amendment violates section 313(b)(1)(c) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 5457.
- Motion to waive all budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 5457, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 158.
- Amendment SA 5457 ruled out of order by the chair.
- 6/3/2026
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors