A resolution withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.

What this measure contains

This resolution withholds compensation from Senators during any federal government shutdown (i.e., lapse in appropriations for one or more federal agencies or departments). Senators are to be paid as soon as practicable after the date on which the government shutdown ends. The restriction applies beginning on the day after the regularly scheduled general election for federal office held in November 2026. (As background, the U.S. Constitution provides that legislation varying the level of compensation paid to members of Congress may not take effect until an intervening election has occurred.)

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• Agreed to Senate · Official document ↗· May 14, 2026
• Reported to Senate · Official document ↗· Dec 17, 2025
• Introduced in Senate · Official document ↗· Dec 3, 2025

Legislative path

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1. Introduced in Senate
2. Reported to Senate
3. Agreed to Senateby Senate adoption (voice vote)

Decision stages

1. May 13, 2026 · Senate

   Senate cloture to proceed on Reported to Senate: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to

   99 aye · 0 no · 1 not voting · Source roll call

2. May 14, 2026 · Senate

   Senate adoption (voice vote) on Reported to Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2295), reported as Agreed to Senate

   No recorded vote

Senate members along the path

Aye yea or aye · No nay or no · Present · NV not voting · Changed reversed on advancing the measure

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Legislative history

1. Dec 3, 2025

   Introduced in Senate

2. Dec 3, 2025

   Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S8486)

3. Dec 17, 2025

   Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator McConnell without amendment. Without written report.

4. Dec 17, 2025

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 296.

5. May 11, 2026

   Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S2190)

6. May 11, 2026

   Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S2190)

7. May 13, 2026

   Cloture on the motion to proceed invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 119. (consideration: CR S2255-2259)

8. May 13, 2026

   Measure laid before Senate by motion.

9. May 14, 2026

   Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

10. May 14, 2026

    Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2295)

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