Bill

S. 2806 (119th): A bill to provide for automatic continuing appropriations.

A bill to provide for automatic continuing appropriations.

senate · Procedural

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Official source

Summary

Recorded summary

The bill would provide automatic continuing appropriations if regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year are not enacted before the fiscal year begins and no continuing appropriations are in effect. Funding would be set at the prior fiscal year's rate of operations, continuing programs, projects, and activities funded in the preceding year.

appropriationscongressional_oversightcontinuing_resolutiondebt_spendingfiscal_accountabilityfiscal_stewardshipomnibusshutdown_prevention

Theological note: Stewardship of public funds and orderly governance are relevant to this issue. Avoiding shutdowns may serve public order and the continuity of lawful services. Automatic continued spending without fresh deliberation raises prudential concerns about fiscal accountability and the legislature's power of the purse, but the bill does not directly advance a named moral harm.

Scoring

How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: congressional_oversight. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: continuing_resolution. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: debt_spending. Category: honest_money. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: fiscal_accountability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fiscal_stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: omnibus. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: shutdown_prevention. 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 533: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2806. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is a procedural funding mechanism. It has prudential goods (continuity of government operations, avoiding shutdown disruption) alongside real fiscal-stewardship concerns about spending continuing without new appropriations decisions. The existing 'evil' polarity overstates an ordinary spending mechanism, since no direct moral evil such as funding abortion, unjust war, or surveillance abuse is evident in the metadata.
Theological note: Stewardship of public funds and orderly governance are relevant to this issue. Avoiding shutdowns may serve public order and the continuity of lawful services. Automatic continued spending without fresh deliberation raises prudential concerns about fiscal accountability and the legislature's power of the purse, but the bill does not directly advance a named moral harm.

Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics monetary injustice economic justice

Roll

Recorded votes

Roll 533 · September 29, 2025, 08:54 PM · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2806 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (37-61, 3/5 majority required)

Yea 37 · Nay 61 · Other 2

Yea

BANKS, JAMES E. HON. REP · IN · Compromises on record
BARRASSO, JOHN A REP · WY · Compromises on record
BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS. REP · TN · Compromises on record
BRITT, KATIE BOYD REP · AL · Compromises on record
BUDD, THEODORE P REP · NC · Compromises on record
CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE REP · WV · Compromises on record
CORNYN, JOHN SEN REP · TX · Compromises on record
COTTON, THOMAS REP · AR · Compromises on record
CRAMER, KEVIN MR. REP · ND · Compromises on record
CRAPO, MICHAEL D REP · ID · Compromises on record
CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED REP · TX · Compromises on record
CURTIS, JOHN REP · UT · Compromises on record
DAINES, STEVE REP · MT · Compromises on record
ERNST, JONI K REP · IA · Compromises on record
GRAHAM, LINDSEY O. REP · SC · Compromises on record
GRASSLEY, CHARLES E REP · IA · Compromises on record
HAGERTY, BILL REP · TN · Compromises on record
HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN REP · MO · Compromises on record
HOEVEN, JOHN REP · ND · Compromises on record
HUSTED, JON REP · OH · Compromises on record
JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR. REP · WI · Compromises on record
JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II REP · WV · Compromises on record
KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY REP · LA · Compromises on record
LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL REP · OK · Compromises on record
LEE, MIKE REP · UT · Qualified on the 118th–119th Congress record
LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS. REP · WY · Compromises on record
MCCORMICK, DAVE REP · PA · Compromises on record
MOODY, ASHLEY REP · FL · Compromises on record
MORENO, BERNIE REP · OH · Compromises on record
RISCH, JAMES E MR. UNK · ID · Compromises on record
SCHMITT, ERIC REP · MO · Compromises on record
SCOTT, RICK SEN REP · FL · Compromises on record
SCOTT, TIMOTHY E. REP · SC · Compromises on record
SHEEHY, TIM REP · MT · Compromises on record
SULLIVAN, DAN REP · AK · Compromises on record
TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H REP · AL · Compromises on record
YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER REP · IN · Compromises on record

Nay

ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA DEM · MD · Disqualifying vote on record
BALDWIN, TAMMY DEM · WI · Disqualifying vote on record
BENNET, MICHAEL F. DEM · CO · Disqualifying vote on record
BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD DEM · CT · Disqualifying vote on record
BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA DEM · DE · Disqualifying vote on record
BOOKER, CORY A. DEM · NJ · Disqualifying vote on record
BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN REP · AR · Compromises on record
CANTWELL, MARIA DEM · WA · Disqualifying vote on record
CASSIDY, WILLIAM M. REP · LA · Qualified on the 118th–119th Congress record
COLLINS, SUSAN M. REP · ME · Compromises on record
COONS, CHRISTOPHER A. DEM · DE · Disqualifying vote on record
CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE DEM · NV · Disqualifying vote on record
DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY DEM · IL · Disqualifying vote on record
DURBIN, RICHARD J. DEM · IL · Disqualifying vote on record
FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL DEM · PA · Disqualifying vote on record
FISCHER, DEBRA S. REP · NE · Compromises on record
GALLEGO, RUBEN DEM · AZ · Disqualifying vote on record
GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN DEM · NY · Disqualifying vote on record
HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD DEM · NH · Disqualifying vote on record
HEINRICH, MARTIN DEM · NM · Disqualifying vote on record
HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W. DEM · CO · Disqualifying vote on record
HIRONO, MAZIE K. DEM · HI · Disqualifying vote on record
HYDE-SMITH, CINDY REP · MS · Compromises on record
KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL DEM · VA · Disqualifying vote on record
KELLY, MARK DEM · AZ · Disqualifying vote on record
KIM, ANDY DEM · NJ · Disqualifying vote on record
KING, ANGUS S. JR. IND · ME · Disqualifying vote on record
KLOBUCHAR, AMY DFL · MN · Disqualifying vote on record
LUJAN, BEN RAY DEM · NM · Disqualifying vote on record
MARKEY, EDWARD SEN. DEM · MA · Disqualifying vote on record
MCCONNELL, MITCH REP · KY · Compromises on record
MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN DEM · OR · Disqualifying vote on record
MORAN, JERRY REP · KS · Compromises on record
MULLIN, MARKWAYNE REP · OK · Compromises on record
MURKOWSKI, LISA REP · AK · Compromises on record
MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S DEM · CT · Disqualifying vote on record
MURRAY, PATTY DEM · WA · Disqualifying vote on record
OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN DEM · GA · Disqualifying vote on record
PADILLA, ALEX DEM · CA · Disqualifying vote on record
PAUL, RAND REP · KY · Qualified on the 118th–119th Congress record
PETERS, GARY DEM · MI · Disqualifying vote on record
REED, JOHN F. DEM · RI · Disqualifying vote on record
RICKETTS, PETE REP · NE · Compromises on record
ROSEN, JACKY DEM · NV · Disqualifying vote on record
ROUNDS, MIKE REP · SD · Compromises on record
SANDERS, BERNARD IND · VT · Disqualifying vote on record
SCHATZ, BRIAN DEM · HI · Disqualifying vote on record
SCHIFF, ADAM DEM · CA · Disqualifying vote on record
SCHUMER, CHARLES E. DEM · NY · Disqualifying vote on record
SHAHEEN, JEANNE DEM · NH · Disqualifying vote on record
SLOTKIN, ELISSA DEM · MI · Disqualifying vote on record
SMITH, TINA DEM · MN · Disqualifying vote on record
THUNE, JOHN R. REP · SD · Qualified on the 118th–119th Congress record
VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS DEM · MD · Disqualifying vote on record
WARNER, MARK ROBERT DEM · VA · Disqualifying vote on record
WARNOCK, RAPHAEL DEM · GA · Disqualifying vote on record
WARREN, ELIZABETH DEM · MA · Disqualifying vote on record
WELCH, PETER DEM · VT · Disqualifying vote on record
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON DEM · RI · Disqualifying vote on record
WICKER, ROGER SEN. REP · MS · Compromises on record
WYDEN, RONALD L. DEM · OR · Disqualifying vote on record

Other

MARSHALL, ROGER W REP · KS · Compromises on record
TILLIS, THOM R SEN REP · NC · Compromises on record

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