CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 229

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-SJRES-31 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act".

This joint resolution seeks to provide congressional disapproval of a specific rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule in question involves the "Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act." By passing this resolution, Congress intends to ensure that the rule has no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 31
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act".
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 52Nay: 46Not Voting: 2100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04401
Independent I0200
Republican R52001
Official record
How each member voted (100)
52 yea, 46 nay, 2 not voting