CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 594

119th Congress · Session 1 · October 28, 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-81 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.

This is a joint resolution passed by the Senate on October 28, 2025. The resolution seeks to terminate a national emergency that was previously declared by the President. This specific emergency was declared on July 30, 2025, through Executive Order 14323. The purpose of that emergency was to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. By passing this resolution, the national emergency is officially terminated pursuant to section 202 of the National Emergencies Act.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 81
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 52Nay: 48100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D45000
Independent I2000
Republican R54800
Official record
How each member voted (100)
52 yea, 48 nay