CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 623

119th Congress · Session 1 · November 20, 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-130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment.

This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to officially disapprove of a specific rule. The rule in question is the Bureau of Land Management's "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment." Because of this resolution, that rule will no longer have any force or effect. The text notes the rule was issued on November 20, 2024. It also mentions a Government Accountability Office letter of opinion from September 18, 2025.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 130
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 51Nay: 43Not Voting: 6100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04104
Independent I0200
Republican R51002
Official record
How each member voted (100)
51 yea, 43 nay, 6 not voting