CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

House Roll Call 40

119th Congress · Session 1 · February 12, 2025

A last attempt to send the bill back to committee

The minority party's final chance to change or stall a bill just before the vote on passage. It almost always fails; when it succeeds, the bill does not get its final vote that day.

What was being voted on

119-HR-77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act

This bill changes how Congress can look at and disapprove of certain federal rules. Specifically, it allows Congress to consider multiple rules together in a joint resolution of disapproval. This applies to rules submitted during the final year of a President's term. The text provides a specific format for the resolving clause to list these rules. Ultimately, rules disapproved this way will have no force or effect.

The House recorded this as
On Motion to Recommit
Midnight Rules Relief Act
Result: Failed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 205Nay: 213Not Voting: 15433 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D2050010
Republican R021305
Official record
How each member voted (433)
205 yea, 213 nay, 15 not voting