U.S. Senate · April 5, 2025
Roll call 185 · 119th Congress, session 1
S.Amdt. 1690 — To create a point of order against legislation that would increase drug costs for seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare.
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
49 yes 50 no
The Senate said no · recorded as “Motion Rejected”
Needed three-fifths (60 of 100 senators), the bar for ending debate.
What was being voted on
119-SAMDT-1690 — To create a point of order against legislation that would increase drug costs for seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare.
What This Amendment Does Ms. Cortez Masto and several other senators submitted this amendment, labeled SA 1690, to the budget resolution H. Con. Res. 14. The main purpose of this amendment is to create a new rule in the Senate. This rule stops the Senate from considering any legislation, bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that would increase cost-sharing or out-of-pocket expenses for seniors and people with disabilities who rely on Medicare for their prescription drug coverage.
