CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 162

119th Congress · Session 1 · April 3, 2025

The vote on whether to pass the joint resolution

A joint resolution is a bill by another name: it goes to the other chamber and then to the President. Most of them are used to overturn a rule an agency has made.

What was being voted on

119-HJRES-24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers".

This joint resolution aims to overturn a specific rule from the Department of Energy. The rule in question involves energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers. By passing this resolution, Congress expresses its disapproval of that rule. If passed, the rule will have no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 24
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers".
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 53Nay: 42Not Voting: 5100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04005
Independent I0200
Republican R53000
Official record
How each member voted (100)
53 yea, 42 nay, 5 not voting