U.S. Senate · June 4, 2026
Roll call 148 · 119th Congress, session 2
S.Amdt. 5451 — To place reasonable limits on contributions to Super PACs which make independent expenditures.
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
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-5451 — To place reasonable limits on contributions to Super PACs which make independent expenditures.
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.
