Senate · Roll call 108 · 2nd session · June 22, 2016 A vote to end debate on a proposal to H.R. 2578 on certain electronic communication records and on the status of individual terrorists under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

Cloture ends debate on a question and needs three-fifths of the Senate, normally 60 votes. A Yes vote would move the Senate toward a vote on this proposal, described as amending section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that the Government may obtain a specified set of electronic communication transactional records, and making permanent the authority for individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Highlights: The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 provides FY2016 appropriations to the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice (DOJ), science agencies, and several related agencies.