Bill
S.Res. 526 (119th): A resolution withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.
A resolution withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.
Summary
Recorded summary
This Senate resolution would withhold compensation from Senators during any federal government shutdown, meaning any lapse in appropriations for one or more federal agencies or departments. Senators would be paid as soon as practicable after a shutdown ends. The restriction would begin the day after the November 2026 federal general election, consistent with the constitutional rule that changes to congressional pay cannot take effect before an intervening election.
Theological note: The measure concerns accountability of public officials and the stewardship of public trust, which Scripture treats as a matter of faithful service. It is a modest prudential mechanism about institutional responsibility, not a direct moral question about human life, justice toward the vulnerable, or the protection or advancement of evil.
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_pay. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: government_shutdown. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: legislative_accountability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
- Roll 119: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S.Res. 526. Vote type: cloture.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is a prudential governance accountability device. It does not directly restrain a named moral evil or directly advance one. Its goods (officials sharing the cost of shutdowns, accountability to the public) are ordinary and reasonable, while its effect is limited and its practical merits are debatable, so it falls within the prudential area rather than a clear moral verdict.
- Theological note: The measure concerns accountability of public officials and the stewardship of public trust, which Scripture treats as a matter of faithful service. It is a modest prudential mechanism about institutional responsibility, not a direct moral question about human life, justice toward the vulnerable, or the protection or advancement of evil.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 119 · May 13, 2026, 12:28 PM · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S.Res. 526 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (99-0, 3/5 majority required)
Yea
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- ARMSTRONG, ALAN
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- ERNST, JONI K
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- GRAHAM, LINDSEY O.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KELLY, MARK
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- KIM, ANDY
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- MURRAY, PATTY
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- PADILLA, ALEX
- PAUL, RAND
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- SMITH, TINA
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- WYDEN, RONALD L.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER