Senate · Roll call 81 · Feb. 21, 2025

A vote to amend the budget resolution, S.Con.Res. 7, to add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for supporting police, which may include funding agencies to hire or rehire officers.

Amendment Rejected48–52 Amendment Party-line vote
Question
On the Amendment
Bill
S.Con.Res. 7, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
Details
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting police, which may include initiatives that provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
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YesNoPresentDid not vote
Each dot is one current member, in the same seat as on their member page, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how they voted. Seats show current members. Members who have since left Congress appear in the list below.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 45 · No 0
Republicans
Yes 1 · No 52
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

Most Democrats voted Yes (45 of 45).

Most Republicans voted No (52 of 53).

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

About this vote

A deficit-neutral reserve fund lets the budget's figures be adjusted later for legislation on a topic, as long as that legislation does not add to the deficit. The stated aim was to increase community policing and crime prevention. The amendment was rejected.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This concurrent resolution establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2025, sets forth budgetary levels for FY2026-FY2034, and provides reconciliation instructions for legislation that increases or decreases the deficit by specified amounts.

How each member voted

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