On June 4, 2026 the Senate convened at 9:30am and did not adjourn until 5:15am on June 5, 2026. What did they accomplish during this almost 20 hours? They discussed and voted upon 2 bills: S1318 and S2 (the final 2 votes were published after I posted my June 5, 2026 ANP Article). First I will discuss S1318 followed by discussing S2.
may be cited as the “Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act” and the “Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act”.
The Senate gutted the original S1318, leaving only the original title. This 'new' version of S1318 is summarized as follows:
This bill reauthorizes Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until April 30, 2029, and expands protections related to surveillance under Section 702 of FISA. It also prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from offering financial products or services directly to an individual, maintaining an account on behalf of an individual, or issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Section 702 of FISA concerns acquiring communications of non-U.S. persons believed to be outside the United States to obtain foreign intelligence information. Information about U.S. persons may incidentally be acquired by this type of surveillance and subsequently queried (searched) under certain circumstances.
Changes to Section 702 include requiring monthly reviews by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for each U.S. person query conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ODNI must refer queries that do not comply with established standards, as well as possible abuses of civil liberties or privacy, to the Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General.
The bill institutes criminal penalties for (1) those who knowingly and willingly falsify or materially misrepresent complying with querying procedures, and (2) FBI personnel who knowingly and willingly violate procedures related to U.S. person queries.
FBI supervisors may no longer approve U.S. person queries; only certain FBI attorneys may do so.
The Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors may not use a CBDC to implement monetary policy or test, study, create, or implement a CBDC, with certain exceptions.
The gutted bill itself now has 2 acts/titles with multiple sections (clicking on the link will take you to that section of the bill):
And this is not the first time the Senate has gutted a bill recently. When I was looking for the SAVE America Act that was voted on in March, I could not find it right away. I knew about the HR22/S128 SAVE ACT and the HR7296 SAVE America Act; but those were not the Act that was being discussed and voted on by the Senate in March. I finally found S1383 - Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 which the Senate gutted without renaming it. They just put "may be cited as" and then renamed it: “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act” or the “SAVE America Act” (discussed in my March 19, 2026 ANP Article) without changing the original title.
It is difficult to discern what the 6 amendments to S1318 contained as the links provided show a generic page that does not show the content of the actual amendment (unlike some of the amendments for S2 below). What we do know is:
House Amendment 178 was agreed to on April 29, 2026 and consisted of: Pursuant to the provisions of HR1224, the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-27, modified by the amendment printed in Part C of the report is considered adopted. (If you understand what this means, please feel free to explain it to me in the comment section below!)
So, the House passed the bill and sent it on to the Senate who gutted the bill but kept the original title. Additional amendments to the bill were proposed, however the text of the amendments are not available on the Senate website or on the Congress website:
SA5814 presented by Tom Cotton (R-AR) on June 5, 2026
SA5815 to SA5814 presented by John Thune (R-SD) on June 5, 2026
SA5816 presented by John Thune (R-SD) on June 5, 2026
SA5817 to SA5816 by John Thune (R-SD) on June 5, 2026
SA5818 to SA5817 which amends SA5816 by John Thune (R-SD) on June 5, 2026
The official Vote recordings of the Senate do not show a vote for any of the above amendments to S1318. So the record of what they tried to do with this bill has disappeared. If there were votes, those, too, have disappeared. So much for Transparency in Government!
The Senate finally voted on this 'amended' version of S1318 as the last action before they adjourned their nearly 20-hour marathon session:
Vote 164 on the Motion to Proceed with S1318FAILED 47-52 with 1 member not voting.
S1318 bill does NOT contain the same text the House passed as we can see from the video below that was recorded after the passage of the bill in the House before it was sent to the Senate:
The next to the last thing the Senate did prior to adjourning their marathon 20-hour session was vote on S2:
Vote 163 on the Passage of the Bill for S2 PASSED 52-47 with 1 member not voting.
Before we discuss the amendments that were rejected before S2 passed, let us discuss what S2 actually does:
S2 - Secure America Act was introduced by Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on May 20, 2026. The bill had no cosponsors. The bill is summarized as follows:
This bill provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through FY2029 for immigration enforcement and related activities.
It is known as a reconciliation bill and includes legislation submitted by certain congressional committees pursuant to provisions in the FY2026 congressional budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) that directed the committees to submit legislation to the House or Senate Budget Committee that will increase the deficit. (Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.)
Specifically, the bill provides funding to CBP for
personnel;
border security, technology, and screening; and
immigration enforcement activities.
The bill provides funding to ICE for
personnel,
Homeland Security Investigations,
immigration enforcement activities,
transportation,
information technology,
facility and fleet maintenance and sustainment,
287(g) agreements (i.e., agreements that allow state and local law enforcement agencies to perform certain immigration enforcement functions),
the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor,
operation and maintenance, and
certain arrests related to immigration enforcement.
The bill also provides additional funding to DHS for (1) immigration enforcement, and (2) the participation of state and local agencies in certain homeland security efforts.
The funding provided by this bill generally remains available through FY2029.
The thing is, this bill only funds DHS ICE & CBP through the end of FY2026 (October 31, 2026), even though the funds allocated 'remain available' through the end of FY2029. As we have seen in the OBBB (index to my dissection of the OBBB is available in my August 2, 2025 ANP Article) any monies "available but not encumbered" can be "clawed back" in subsequent funding bills. So, if I were Secretary Mullins, I would spend every cent (or move it to categories that cannot be unencumbered in the future).
On June 4 & 5, there were votes on 25 more amendments to this bill prior to Vote 163 (there have been a total of 369 amendments proposed since the bill was introduced on May 20, 2026). As you peruse these recent amendments, keep in mind the purpose of S2 (fund DHS ICE & CBP for the rest of FY2026 and ask yourself how the proposed amendment fits with the purpose of the bill):
Vote 138 - SA5452 - FAILED 15-84 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Tillis SA5452; To reallocate funds that would have been used for the Anti-Weaponization Fund to fraud enforcement.
Vote 139 - SA5512 - FAILED 53-46 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley SA5512; To provide a clarification relating to, and to prohibit the use of funds for, the White House Ballroom (AKA East Wing Modernization Project).
Vote 140 - SA5514 - FAILED 46-53 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Reed SA5514 (to amend Graham SA5453); To provide funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships program under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.).
Vote 141 - S2 - FAILED 47-50 with 3 members not voting.
On the Ossoff Motion to Commit S2 to the Committee on the Judiciary with Instructions
Vote 142 - SA5535 - FAILED 46-52 with 2 members not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hassan SA5535; To help build 7,000,000 new homes. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 143 - SA5556 - FAILED 49-40 with 2 members not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Warner SA5556; To prohibit an individual from acting as Director of National Intelligence if such individual is simultaneously serving as the head of any other Federal department or agency. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 144 - SA5779 - FAILED 48-50 with 2 members not voting (Bennet (D-CO) and Ernst (R-IA)).
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Graham SA5779; To ensure only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office, and to require voters to provide photo identification, and for other purposes. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
The following Senators voted AGAINST this amendment:
Republican: Collins (R-ME), McConnell (R-KY), Murkowski (R-AK), and Tillis (R-NC)
Vote 145 - SA5501 - FAILED 51-47 with 2 members not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper SA5501; To prohibit the distribution of Federal funds to individuals convicted of certain crimes related to the following: (1) Interference in a State or Federal election, (2) Impersonation; (3) Identity theft; (4) Official misconduct; (5) Violation of duty in elections; and (6) Failure to comply with the requirements of a Secretary of State.
Vote 146 - SA5545 - FAILED 46-53 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Kim SA5545; To make appropriations for the conduct of inspections of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 147 - S2 - - FAILED 46-52 with 2 members not voting.
On the Motion: Warnock Motion to Commit S2 to the Committee on the Judiciary with Instructions; An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.
Vote 148 - SA5451 - FAILED 45-53 with 2 members not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Sanders SA5451; To place reasonable limits on contributions to Super PACs which make independent expenditures.
Vote 149 - SA5485 - FAILED 46-53 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Baldwin SA5485; To redirect funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Child Care and Development Block Grant program.
Vote 150 - SA5803 - FAILED 46-53 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Booker SA5803; To support the work performed by the Immigration Detention Ombudsman. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 151 - SA5804 - FAILED 50-49 with 1 member not voting (Bennet (D-CO)).
Motion to Waive All Budgetary Discipline Re: Lee SA5804; To ensure only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office, and to require voters to provide photo identification.(Text is not available 6/7/2026)
The following Senators voted AGAINST this amendment:
Republican: McConnell (R-KY), Murkowski (R-AK), and Tillis (R-NC)
Vote 152 - SA5806 - FAILED 48 to 51 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Durbin SA5806; To repurpose funds previously appropriated for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the timely processing of DACA applications and related employment authorization documents and to prohibit the use of funds to arrest, detain, deport, or remove DACA recipients. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 153 - S2 - FAILED 48-51 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Commit S2 to the Committee on the Judiciary with Instructions; An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.
Vote 154 - SA5506 - FAILED 46-53 with 1 member not voting.
On Hirono SA5506; To transfer amounts for youth mentoring programs of the Department of Justice.
Vote 155 - SA5763 - FAILED 46-53 with 1 member not voting.
On Peters SA5763; To rescind unobligated balances under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 156 - SA5813 - FAILED 47-52 with 1 member not voting.
On Gallego SA5813; To make funds available for the timely adjudication of DACA renewal applications. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 157 - SA5808 - FAILED 46-53 with 1 member not voting.
On Padilla SA5808; To make appropriations for transparency and accountability. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 158 - SA5457 - FAILED 54-45 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Coons SA5457; To prohibit the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.
Vote 159 - SA5812 - FAILED 52-47 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Cassidy SA5812; To provide compensation to law enforcement officers who defended the United States Capitol during the events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 160 - SA5463 - FAILED 45-53 with 1 member not voting and 1 member voting 'present'.
On Cortez Masto SA5463; To appropriate amounts for local law enforcement hiring programs.
Vote 161 - SA5632 - FAILED 53-46 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Van Hollen SA5632; To prohibit the use of funds to provide payments to certain individuals. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
Vote 162 - SA5740 - FAILED 51-48 with 1 member not voting.
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schiff SA5740; To provide for limitations on judgments, awards, and compromise settlements under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code. (Text is not available 6/7/2026)
All of these amendments were all grandstanding. Especially the show of trying to include the SAVE America Act components as amendments to S2. Democrats have absolutely no intention of funding DHS ICE & CBP. They proved this when they held a 76-day partial shutdown over funding DHS. The partial shutdown ended with HR7147 which funded DHS ICE & CBP through May 22, 2026 (discussed in my May 5, 2026 ANP Article).
However, May 22, 2026 came and went with no more funding appropriated for DHS ICE & CBP. What did Congress do? They took a 3-day weekends before May 22 followed by both a 3-day weekend then a 10-day vacation. When they returned from vacation, they decided to tackle funding for DHS ICE & CBP KNOWING that the Democrats would NOT vote for any bill that funds DHS ICE & CBP. Then they moved into theatre including recent amendments to the funding bill that included:
Defund the Anti-Weaponization Fund; White House Ballroom; HOME Investment Partnerships; build 7,000,000 new homes; prohibit an individual from acting as Director of National Intelligence if such individual is simultaneously serving as the head of any other Federal department or agency; prohibit the distribution of Federal funds to individuals convicted of certain crimes; conduct of inspections of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility; place reasonable limits on contributions to Super PAC; redirect funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Child Care and Development Block Grant program; Immigration Detention Ombudsman (a position already funded under DHS); prohibit the use of funds to arrest, detain, deport, or remove DACA recipients; transfer amounts for youth mentoring programs; rescind unobligated balances under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; funds for DACA renewal applications; transparency and accountability; prohibit the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds (Anti-Weaponization Funds) to make settlement payments to individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021; provide compensation to law enforcement officers who defended the United States Capitol; appropriate amounts for local law enforcement hiring; prohibit the use of funds to provide payments to certain individuals; and limitations on judgments, awards, and compromise settlements.
Then, there was the pure theatre of proposing 2 amendments to add the SAVE America Act language to this funding bill. It was a "we tried and it didn't work" boondoggle to confuse and misdirect We The People. However, what it did do was reaffirm what we already know: Democrats are against having verified US citizens voting in our elections. They WANT foreign interference. They WANT people who are not citizens to vote. Why? Because CITIZENS know better than to vote for their nonsense! Democrats aren't even Democrats anymore when you compare the Democratic Party of JFK in the 1960s to the Party now. As a Party, they have strayed so far left they are settling into Socialism and creeping into Communism territory.
Congress needs to quit attempting to bamboozle We The People with stunts, shenanigans, wool-pulling, and misdirection and get to work codifying the EOs President Trump has written that We The People want codified!
How about some fake Republican outrage over the non-acceptance of the SAVE America Act component inclusion via amendment in this funding bill; a 12-hour snooze fest from PBS of the Senate voting on amendments to S2; and a more balanced report from KGET News:
Those are some of the exact words used by Google’s censors, aka 'Orwellian content police,' in describing many of our controversial stories. Stories later proven to be truthful and light years ahead of the mainstream media. But because we reported those 'inconvenient truths' they're trying to bankrupt ANP.
