U.S. Senate · June 5, 2026
Roll call 158 · 119th Congress, session 2
S.Amdt. 5457 — 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 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
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-5457 — 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.
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.