Bills · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Shutdown Fairness Act

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SenateOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · 11/7/25Cloture on the motion to proceedA vote to end debate on whether to start considering a measure — the way the Senate stops a filibuster before a bill is even taken up. For most legislation it takes three-fifths of all senators (60 with no vacancies). It is not a vote on the bill itself.Senate: About Filibusters and Cloture ↗Congressional Research Service: Invoking Cloture in the Senate ↗
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected · Yea 53 · Nay 43Official source ↗
SenateOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · 10/23/25Cloture on the motion to proceedA vote to end debate on whether to start considering a measure — the way the Senate stops a filibuster before a bill is even taken up. For most legislation it takes three-fifths of all senators (60 with no vacancies). It is not a vote on the bill itself.Senate: About Filibusters and Cloture ↗Congressional Research Service: Invoking Cloture in the Senate ↗
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected · Yea 54 · Nay 45Official source ↗
Official summary (CRS)

Shutdown Fairness Act

This bill provides appropriations to pay federal employees who work during a government shutdown.

Specifically, the bill provides appropriations for federal agencies to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments to excepted employees for work performed during any period in which interim continuing appropriations or full-year appropriations are not in effect for a fiscal year (i.e., a government shutdown). An excepted employee is an employee who is required to work during a government shutdown.

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Sponsor
Sen. Ron Johnson ( Republican · WI)
Cosponsors
13
Introduced
10/15/25
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Status
10/15/25Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
10/15/25Introduced in Senate
10/16/25Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 191.
10/21/25Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S7185)
10/21/25Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7184-7185)
10/23/25Motion 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.
10/23/25Cloture 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)
11/7/25Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 609.
11/7/25Motion 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)
11/7/25Motion 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)