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The House rejected a proposed change to the INVEST Act of 2025, a bill focused on helping small businesses raise money, in a narrow 214-215 vote.
This was a vote on a specific change, called an amendment, to the INVEST Act of 2025. The underlying bill aims to make it easier for startups and small businesses, especially those in rural areas, to raise money from investors. It also proposes increasing the amount of money individuals can contribute to companies through crowdfunding platforms. In the House of Representatives, an amendment is a formal proposal to add to, remove from, or edit the text of a bill before it is finalized. These votes allow lawmakers to attempt to shape the legislation to reflect their party's priorities or to address specific concerns before the final version is put to a vote for passage. The amendment failed to pass because it did not receive a majority of the votes cast. The decision fell almost entirely along party lines, with Democrats voting in favor of the change and Republicans voting against it. Because the amendment was rejected, the proposed change was not added, and the House continued its work on the bill as originally written.
Following this vote, the House moved forward with other considerations of the INVEST Act, eventually holding a final vote on the passage of the bill itself.
OPEN BILL →Why it matters. This amendment represented a partisan attempt to alter a bill that changes how small businesses interact with the stock market and private investors.
Who’s affected. Small Business Owners: The rejection of the amendment means the bill proceeds with its original plan to ease fundraising rules without these specific modifications. · Retail Investors: Investors remain subject to the crowdfunding and solicitation rules as outlined in the base bill text.
Democrats. The Democratic caucus was nearly unanimous in its support for the amendment, with 212 members voting in favor.
Republicans. The Republican caucus almost entirely opposed the change, with 213 members voting 'no'.
The House rejected a proposed change to the INVEST Act of 2025, a bill focused on helping small businesses raise money, in a narrow 214-215 vote.
This was a vote on a proposed edit to the bill. If the amendment had received enough 'yes' votes, its text would have been incorporated into the main bill before the final vote on whether to pass the whole package into law.
Following this vote, the House moved forward with other considerations of the INVEST Act, eventually holding a final vote on the passage of the bill itself.
This amendment represented a partisan attempt to alter a bill that changes how small businesses interact with the stock market and private investors.
The vote was a strictly partisan affair, failing by just one vote as nearly all Democrats supported the measure and nearly all Republicans opposed it.
The Democratic caucus was nearly unanimous in its support for the amendment, with 212 members voting in favor.
The Republican caucus almost entirely opposed the change, with 213 members voting 'no'.
The single independent member present voted against the amendment.