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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextThe PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate,
do hereby move to bring to a close debate on amendment No.
4421 to the motion to concur in the House message to
accompany S. 1383 with substitute amendment No. 4420, a bill
to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access,
and for other purposes.
John Thune, Roger Marshall, John Barrasso, Bill Hagerty,
Pete Ricketts, Bernie Moreno, John Cornyn, Rick Scott
of Florida, Lindsey Graham, Shelley Moore Capito, Jim
Banks, Jon A. Husted, Joni Ernst, Marsha Blackburn, Ted
Budd, Steve Daines, Tommy Tuberville.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.
amendment No. 4421 to the motion to concur in the House message to accompany S. 1383 with substitute amendment No. 4420, a bill to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessasrily absent: the Senator from Utah (Mr. Curtis), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Sheehy).
Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) would have voted “yea.”
Mr. SCHUMER. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.
The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 49, nays 41, as follows:
Rollcall Vote No. 60 Leg.
YEAS—49
Banks
Barrasso
Blackburn
Boozman
Britt
Budd
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Ernst
Fischer
Graham
Grassley
Hagerty
Hawley
Hoeven
Husted
Hyde-Smith
Johnson
Justice
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
Lummis
Marshall
McConnell
McCormick
Moody
Moran
Moreno
Mullin
Murkowski
Ricketts
Risch
Rounds
Schmitt
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Tuberville
Wicker
Young
NAYS—41
Alsobrooks
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cantwell
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hickenlooper
Hirono
Kim
King
Klobuchar
Lujan
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Ossoff
Padilla
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Sanders
Schatz
Schiff
Schumer
Slotkin
Smith
Van Hollen
Warner
Warnock
Warren
Welch
Whitehouse
Wyden
NOT VOTING—10
Coons
Curtis
Daines
Durbin
Fetterman
Kaine
Kelly
Paul
Shaheen
Sheehy
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. On this vote, the yeas are 49, and the nays are 41.
The motion was rejected.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Democratic leader.
S. 1383
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I have a motion today that asks every Senator a very simple question: Do you want TSA workers to get their pay—yes or no? Are you tired, like many Americans are, of seeing long lines at the airport—yes or no?
should support my motion. Our TSA workers cannot be taken hostage for political games, but that is what Republicans have done.
if it is attached to a bill that funds ICE with no reforms, but that is what Republicans have done.
Democrats want to pay TSA workers ASAP, no strings attached. A “yes” vote on my motion would start doing just that. This is the only vote—the only vote, not the others—that the Senate has taken that will fund TSA—no ands, ifs, or buts.
related to paying TSA workers that has zero strings attached to it. This is the only vote that says you are for supporting TSA families unconditionally. All the votes Republicans have pushed so far tie TSA paychecks to fully funding ICE without any reforms.
That is not acceptable to the American people.
So, today, my motion makes the matter very simple: Let's pay TSA workers ASAP. That is it—nothing else. We can keep negotiating ICE and CBP separately.
ICE, and Democrats are going to continue pushing for real, serious reforms
through legislation. But that is an ongoing process that should not get in the way of funding our TSA workers.
sending paychecks to TSA workers now. Let us end the long lines at the airports now. This is the logical, expedient, and correct thing to do.
I yield the floor.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican leader.
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, this motion—and when I hear the phrases used like “no strings attached” or how “simple” this is—there isn't anything that would be more complicated than this.
message—the bill that we are on—to the Rules Committee, which doesn't have jurisdiction over appropriations or spending, and he is trying to call it a vote to fund TSA.
Mr. SCHUMER. You bet.
Mr. THUNE. I mean, we have had countless votes to fund TSA. We had one yesterday. We have had countless motions by our side to pass a continuing resolution that funds all of DHS—including TSA—and consistently blocked by this side.
this. This is very—I will give you credit for coming up with something that is this convoluted. But it doesn't do anything that the leader says it does. It has nothing at all to do with funding TSA.
when we have had votes here on the floor, including as recently as yesterday; and countless motions, continuing resolutions, to fund all of DHS, including TSA, numerous times, over and over and over again. And our colleagues on the other side have blocked it.
Mr. SCHUMER. Would my colleague yield for a question?
Mr. THUNE. Sure. Sure.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority leader.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, this is the only vote available to us because you have filled the tree and not allowed an amendment like this here.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader.
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, this is not an appropriations bill. The legislation we are on right now, which has to do with whether or not citizens—and only citizens—ought to be able to vote in American elections has nothing to do with funding the government.
brought in front of this institution, the U.S. Senate, that actually would fund TSA. And we ought to fund TSA. Let's get to work doing it.
pretty quickly, things are going to get worse and worse and worse—and they already are. People at airports—anybody who has gone through an airport lately, they don't see what is happening here as “serene.” They see this as a convoluted mess, and that is what is happening across the country if we don't fund the government—DHS—including TSA.
We are all for it. We have tried repeatedly to do it. This has nothing to do with funding TSA. This is a ploy—nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.
Let's vote.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority leader.
Mr. SCHUMER. Is the tree full, Mr. Leader?
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader.
Mr. THUNE. The tree, I would say to my colleague from New York, has on it right now a vote that we just completed, and there will be other opportunities to vote on other amendments related to the legislation that we are on here today.
Mr. SCHUMER. Like this past amendment was?
Mr. THUNE. But if we want to have—
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader has the floor.
Mr. THUNE. If you want to have a debate on appropriations, we can have that.
We have made ourselves available. The White House is available. There are meetings going on right now which I hope ultimately lead to a result where we get these Agencies opened up again, including TSA. In order for that to happen, you have to have a willing partner and somebody who is willing to sit down at the table and negotiate with you, which we haven't had until 2 days ago.
be a result to fund all of these Agencies, including TSA, but that is not what this is about, and you know that.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Democratic leader.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, we are having productive discussions. I just met with our team 20 minutes ago. We are making some progress. There is more to be made. Each side has its own views.
But why hold pay for TSA workers up when we can do it immediately? Why wait? We don't know how long these negotiations will take. There are some pretty tough positions. We could do it now.
I yield the floor.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader.
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I will just say, when you talk about doing something quickly, referring it to the Rules Committee, which has no jurisdiction over spending, over appropriations, on a bill that has nothing to do with funding these Agencies—but we are happy—we are happy—we will pivot immediately to fund all these Agencies when you are ready to do it.
I ask for the yeas and nays on this.
Cloture Motion
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
Cloture Motion
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate,
do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to
suspend the operation of rule XXV, paragraph (n)(1), to
permit the Committee on Rules and Administration to consider
the pending motion with respect to the message to accompany
S. 1383 to fund TSA and as noticed in the Congressional
Record on March 16, 2026.
Charles E. Schumer, Alex Padilla, Brian Schatz, Chris Van
Hollen, Raphael Warnock, Tammy Baldwin, Peter Welch,
Jack Reed, Richard J. Durbin, Amy Klobuchar, Adam B.
Schiff, Jacky Rosen, Christopher A. Coons, Tina Smith,
Cory A. Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, Mark R. Warner.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call under rule XXII has been waived.
motion to suspend the operation of rule XXV, paragraph (n)(1) to permit the Committee on Rules and Administration to consider the pending motion with respect to the message to accompany S. 1383 to fund the TSA and as noticed in the Congressional Record on March 16, 2026, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Utah (Mr. Curtis), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Sheehy).
Mr. SCHUMER. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.
The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 41, nays 49, as follows:
Rollcall Vote No. 61 Leg.
YEAS—41
Alsobrooks
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cantwell
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hickenlooper
Hirono
Kim
King
Klobuchar
Lujan
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Ossoff
Padilla
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Sanders
Schatz
Schiff
Schumer
Slotkin
Smith
Van Hollen
Warner
Warnock
Warren
Welch
Whitehouse
Wyden
NAYS—49
Banks
Barrasso
Blackburn
Boozman
Britt
Budd
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Ernst
Fischer
Graham
Grassley
Hagerty
Hawley
Hoeven
Husted
Hyde-Smith
Johnson
Justice
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
Lummis
Marshall
McConnell
McCormick
Moody
Moran
Moreno
Mullin
Murkowski
Ricketts
Risch
Rounds
Schmitt
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Tuberville
Wicker
Young
NOT VOTING—10
Coons
Curtis
Daines
Durbin
Fetterman
Kaine
Kelly
Paul
Shaheen
Sheehy
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Lummis). On this vote, the yeas are 41, and the nays are 49.
The motion was rejected.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.