CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 207

119th Congress · Session 1 · April 10, 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-20 — 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 Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters".

This joint resolution seeks to overturn a specific rule from the Department of Energy. The rule involves the "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters." By passing this resolution, Congress intends to disapprove of that rule under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code. If approved, the rule will have no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 20
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 Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters".
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 53Nay: 44Not Voting: 3100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D24300
Independent I0101
Republican R51002
Official record
How each member voted (100)
53 yea, 44 nay, 3 not voting