CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 228

119th Congress · Session 1 · May 1, 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-75 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers".

This joint resolution aims to disapprove a specific rule submitted by the Department of Energy. The rule involves the "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers." If this resolution passes, the rule will have no force or effect. This action is taken under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 75
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers".
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 52Nay: 45Not Voting: 3100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04302
Independent I0200
Republican R52001
Official record
How each member voted (100)
52 yea, 45 nay, 3 not voting