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Senate Roll Call 265

119th Congress · Session 1 · May 21, 2025

A vote to kill something without debating it

Setting a measure aside permanently. A successful motion to table ends the matter, so a vote for tabling is a vote against whatever was tabled.

What was being voted on

119-SJRES-55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference".

This joint resolution aims to overturn a specific rule from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The rule concerns Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards regarding the fuel system integrity of hydrogen vehicles and compressed hydrogen storage system integrity. If passed, this resolution would provide congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code. Consequently, the rule would have no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion to Table S.J.Res. 55
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference".
Result: Motion to Table Failed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 46Nay: 52Not Voting: 2100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D44001
Independent I2000
Republican R05201
Official record
How each member voted (100)
46 yea, 52 nay, 2 not voting