Senate · Roll call 63 · 1st session · Feb. 27, 2015 A vote to end debate on starting consideration of S. 534, the Immigration Rule of Law Act of 2015, a bill to prohibit funds for certain Executive immigration actions.

How each party voted

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

About this vote

S. 534 is described as a bill to prohibit funds from being used to carry out certain Executive actions related to immigration. Cloture generally needs three-fifths of the Senate, or 60 votes, and a Yes vote is for ending debate on the motion to proceed to the bill.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Immigration Rule of Law Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the use of any funds made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) or to any other federal official, including deposits into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, to carry out any of the policy changes set forth in the following memoranda dated either November 20 or November 21, 2014 (or any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or after January 9, 2015): Southern Border and Approaches Campaign; Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented Immigrants; Secure Communities; Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of U.S.