Shutdown Fairness Act
Last status update Nov 7, 2025
What this measure contains
Shutdown Fairness Act This bill provides appropriations to pay federal employees who work during a government shutdown. Specifically, the bill provides appropriations for federal agencies to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments to excepted employees for work performed during any period in which interim continuing appropriations or full-year appropriations are not in effect for a fiscal year (i.e., a government shutdown). An excepted employee is an employee who is required to work during a government shutdown. Under current law, excepted employees are not paid until the government shutdown is over. This bill provides appropriations to pay excepted employees during a government shutdown. The bill also specifies that the term excepted employee includes certain contractors who support federal employees during a government shutdown and members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty. A federal agency may not use the funds provided by this bill during any period in which continuing appropriations are in effect for the purpose of paying excepted employees of the agency. The bill must take effect as if it had been enacted on September 30, 2025.
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- Placed on Calendar Senate · Official document ↗· Oct 16, 2025
Legislative path
Each stage below is a House or Senate floor decision: every recorded roll call on this measure, plus passage by voice vote or unanimous consent, which records no individual votes. Each stage shows the latest version published before that day; the chamber may have voted on an amended text. Roll calls name every member. A member's row follows their votes, and a highlighted vote marks where they voted for advancing the measure at one stage and against it at another (passage, cloture, motions to proceed, agreeing to the other chamber's version). Amendments and motions such as recommit or table don't count as a change, because an aye there isn't a vote for the measure.
Companion measure: H.R. 5801. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.
Decision stages
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Senate cloture to proceed on Placed on Calendar Senate: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
54 aye · 45 no · 1 not voting · Source roll call
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Senate cloture to proceed on Placed on Calendar Senate: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
53 aye · 43 no · 4 not voting · Source roll call
Senate members along the path
| Member | Cloture to proceed Placed on Calendar Senate | Cloture to proceed Placed on Calendar Senate | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazie K. HironoD-HI | No | No | |
| Brian SchatzD-HI | No | No | |
| Ben LujánD-NM | No | Aye | No → Aye at Senate cloture to proceed (Placed on Calendar Senate) |
| John ThuneR-SD | No | Aye | No → Aye at Senate cloture to proceed (Placed on Calendar Senate) |
96 more Senate members
| Member | Cloture to proceed Placed on Calendar Senate | Cloture to proceed Placed on Calendar Senate | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela AlsobrooksD-MD | No | No | |
| Tammy BaldwinD-WI | No | No | |
| James BanksR-IN | Aye | Aye | |
| John BarrassoR-WY | Aye | Aye | |
| Michael BennetD-CO | No | No | |
| Marsha BlackburnR-TN | Aye | Aye | |
| Richard BlumenthalD-CT | No | No | |
| Cory BookerD-NJ | No | No | |
| John BoozmanR-AR | Aye | Aye | |
| Katie BrittR-AL | Aye | Aye | |
| Theodore BuddR-NC | Aye | Aye | |
| Maria CantwellD-WA | No | No | |
| Shelley CapitoR-WV | Aye | Aye | |
| Bill CassidyR-LA | Aye | Aye | |
| Susan CollinsR-ME | Aye | Aye | |
| Christopher CoonsD-DE | No | No | |
| John CornynR-TX | Aye | NV | |
| Tom CottonR-AR | Aye | Aye | |
| Kevin CramerR-ND | Aye | Aye | |
| Michael CrapoR-ID | Aye | Aye | |
| Ted CruzR-TX | Aye | Aye | |
| John CurtisR-UT | Aye | Aye | |
| Steve DainesR-MT | Aye | Aye | |
| Tammy DuckworthD-IL | No | No | |
| Richard DurbinD-IL | No | No | |
| Joni ErnstR-IA | Aye | Aye | |
| John FettermanD-PA | Aye | NV | |
| Deb FischerR-NE | Aye | Aye | |
| Ruben GallegoD-AZ | No | No | |
| Kirsten GillibrandD-NY | No | No | |
| Lindsey GrahamR-SC | Aye | Aye | |
| Charles GrassleyR-IA | Aye | Aye | |
| Bill HagertyR-TN | Aye | Aye | |
| Maggie HassanD-NH | No | No | |
| Joshua HawleyR-MO | Aye | Aye | |
| Martin HeinrichD-NM | No | No | |
| John HickenlooperD-CO | No | No | |
| John HoevenR-ND | Aye | Aye | |
| Christopher Van HollenD-MD | No | No | |
| Jon HustedR-OH | Aye | Aye | |
| Cindy Hyde-SmithR-MS | Aye | Aye | |
| Ron JohnsonR-WI | Aye | Aye | |
| James JusticeR-WV | Aye | Aye | |
| Tim KaineD-VA | No | No | |
| Mark KellyD-AZ | No | No | |
| John KennedyR-LA | Aye | Aye | |
| Andy KimD-NJ | No | No | |
| Angus KingI-ME | No | No | |
| Amy KlobucharD-MN | No | No | |
| James LankfordR-OK | Aye | Aye | |
| Mike LeeR-UT | Aye | Aye | |
| Cynthia LummisR-WY | Aye | Aye | |
| Edward MarkeyD-MA | No | No | |
| Roger MarshallR-KS | Aye | Aye | |
| Catherine Cortez MastoD-NV | No | No | |
| Mitch McConnellR-KY | Aye | Aye | |
| David McCormickR-PA | Aye | Aye | |
| Jeff MerkleyD-OR | No | No | |
| Ashley MoodyR-FL | Aye | Aye | |
| Jerry MoranR-KS | Aye | NV | |
| Bernie MorenoR-OH | Aye | Aye | |
| Markwayne MullinR-OK | Aye | Aye | |
| Lisa MurkowskiR-AK | Aye | Aye | |
| Christopher MurphyD-CT | No | No | |
| Patty MurrayD-WA | No | No | |
| Jon OssoffD-GA | Aye | Aye | |
| Alex PadillaD-CA | No | No | |
| Rand PaulR-KY | Aye | Aye | |
| Gary PetersD-MI | No | No | |
| Jack ReedD-RI | No | No | |
| Pete RickettsR-NE | Aye | Aye | |
| James RischR-ID | Aye | Aye | |
| Lisa Blunt RochesterD-DE | No | No | |
| Jacklyn RosenD-NV | No | No | |
| Mike RoundsR-SD | Aye | Aye | |
| Bernard SandersI-VT | No | No | |
| Adam SchiffD-CA | No | No | |
| Eric SchmittR-MO | Aye | Aye | |
| Chuck SchumerD-NY | No | No | |
| Rick ScottR-FL | Aye | Aye | |
| Tim ScottR-SC | Aye | Aye | |
| Jeanne ShaheenD-NH | No | No | |
| Timothy SheehyR-MT | NV | Aye | |
| Elissa SlotkinD-MI | No | No | |
| Tina SmithD-MN | No | No | |
| Daniel SullivanR-AK | Aye | Aye | |
| Thom TillisR-NC | Aye | Aye | |
| Tommy TubervilleR-AL | Aye | NV | |
| Mark WarnerD-VA | No | No | |
| Raphael WarnockD-GA | Aye | Aye | |
| Elizabeth WarrenD-MA | No | No | |
| Peter WelchD-VT | No | No | |
| Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI | No | No | |
| Roger WickerR-MS | Aye | Aye | |
| Ronald WydenD-OR | No | No | |
| Todd YoungR-IN | Aye | Aye |
Aye yea or aye · No nay or no · Present · NV not voting · Changed reversed on advancing the measure
Members are identified by the Bioguide ID in each roll call, not by name. Not voting is not a no vote; a blank cell means the member wasn't listed for that roll call.Congress.gov actions ↗
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Legislative history
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Introduced in Senate
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Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 191.
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Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7184-7185)
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Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S7185)
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Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 585. (CR S7720)
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Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3012 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 585) made in Senate.
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Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3012 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 585) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (CR S7996)
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Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3012 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 585) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (CR S7996)
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Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 609.