Shutdown Fairness Act
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The Shutdown Fairness Act aims to ensure that excepted federal employees receive pay during government shutdowns. It provides appropriations for their salaries and benefits during lapses in funding, with provisions for retroactive application and termination upon new appropriations.
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⚑ No enforcement or oversight — imposes duties but names no enforcement or oversight mechanism
⚑ Spends without a pay-for — authorizes new spending with no stated offset or pay-for
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Access options →Recorded vote · Senate roll call 609 · 2025-11-07
51 Yea · 43 Nay · 0 Present · 4 Not voting — Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (53-43, 3/5 majority required)</vote_result_text>
<question>On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed</question>
<vote_title>Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 3012, Upon Reconsideration</vote_title>
<majority_requirement>3/5</majority_requirement>
<vote_result>Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Actions (10)
| Date | Time | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-15 | — | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. |
| 2025-10-15 | — | Introduced in Senate |
| 2025-10-16 | — | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 191. |
| 2025-10-21 | — | Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S7185) |
| 2025-10-21 | — | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7184-7185) |
| 2025-10-23 | — | 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. |
| 2025-10-23 | — | 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) |
| 2025-11-07 | — | 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. |
| 2025-11-07 | — | 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) |
| 2025-11-07 | — | 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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- 2025-11-07
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