Bill
S.Res. 195 (119th): A resolution requesting information on El Salvador's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
A resolution requesting information on El Salvador's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Summary
Recorded summary
A Senate simple resolution that requests the Secretary of State, within 30 days of adoption, submit a statement to the Senate with all available credible information on alleged violations of internationally recognized human rights by the Government of El Salvador, under section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The resolution is nonbinding and does not appropriate funds or authorize military action. The metadata summary is truncated.
Theological note: The resolution concerns whether a government is held to account for alleged abuses of persons under its authority. Scripture grounds civil authority in justice and the protection of the vulnerable, so a request for truthful information about alleged state violence against persons bears directly on that concern. The measure is only a request for information, so its moral weight is modest and depends on whether the information is used to restrain actual abuse.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Lane: accountability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: congressional_oversight. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
- Lane: human_rights. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: human_rights_accountability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: information_request. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: war_funding. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
- Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
- Roll 259: On the Motion to Discharge S.Res. 195. Vote type: discharge.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure seeks accountability for alleged state human rights violations, which restrains a named harm and defends justice in a modest, nonbinding way. It does not fund abuse, fund war, or shield wrongdoers. Its effect is limited to requesting information, so the classification is good with modest weight rather than a strong verdict. The existing war_funding tag does not fit the operative text.
- Theological note: The resolution concerns whether a government is held to account for alleged abuses of persons under its authority. Scripture grounds civil authority in justice and the protection of the vulnerable, so a request for truthful information about alleged state violence against persons bears directly on that concern. The measure is only a request for information, so its moral weight is modest and depends on whether the information is used to restrain actual abuse.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics war funding
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 259 · May 15, 2025, 01:44 PM · On the Motion to Discharge S.Res. 195 · Motion to Discharge Rejected (45-50)
Yea
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KIM, ANDY
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- MURRAY, PATTY
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- PADILLA, ALEX
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WYDEN, RONALD L.
Nay
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- ERNST, JONI K
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- PAUL, RAND
- RICKETTS, PETE
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER