U.S. Senate · April 4, 2025
Roll call 171 · 119th Congress, session 1
S.Amdt. 1758 — To create a point of order against legislation that would create more debt over a 30-year period than has accumulated over the past 249 years.
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
46 yes 53 no
The Senate said no · recorded as “Amendment Rejected”
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
What was being voted on
119-SAMDT-1758 — To create a point of order against legislation that would create more debt over a 30-year period than has accumulated over the past 249 years.
This amendment would add a point of order, which is a rule used to object to a bill or motion, to the budget resolution. The amendment would prevent the Senate from considering any bill, resolution, motion, or amendment that would cause the Federal debt held by the public to increase by more than the total gross debt accumulated since July 4, 1776, relative to a specific baseline. The rule regarding the debt limit could only be waived or suspended by a vote of three-fifths of the Senate members.
