U.S. Senate · April 23, 2026
Roll call 96 · 119th Congress, session 2
S.Amdt. 5414 — To provide reconciliation instructions for the Committee on Rules and Administration and establish deficit-neutral reserve funds relating to establishing identification requirements for registration to vote in elections for Federal office…
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
48 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-5414 — To provide reconciliation instructions for the Committee on Rules and Administration and establish deficit-neutral reserve funds relating to establishing identification requirements for registration to vote in elections for Federal office, establishing photo identification requirements for voting in elections for Federal office, and election day and the counting of ballots in Federal elections.
SA 5414, proposed by Mr. Kennedy, aims to change S. Con. Res. 33 regarding the budget for fiscal year 2026 and budgetary levels for 2027 through 2035. The amendment makes the following changes and additions: It modifies page 46 to state that the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall report law changes in its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by no more than $10,000,000,000 from fiscal years 2026 through 2035.
