U.S. Senate · November 10, 2025
Roll call 615 · 119th Congress, session 1
S.Amdt. 3937 — In the nature of a substitute.
A vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits.
Cloture Motion Agreed to
60 yes 40 no
The Senate said yes
Needed three-fifths (60 of 100 senators), the bar for ending debate.
What was being voted on
119-SAMDT-3937 — In the nature of a substitute.
SA 3937, proposed by Ms. Collins, is an amendment to bill H.R. 5371. Its purpose is to replace the existing text of the bill with a new structure called the "Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026." This amendment allocates funding and sets operational rules for several government sectors while extending various public programs.
