CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 630

119th Congress · Session 1 · December 3, 2025

A vote on whether to start debating something

This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.

What was being voted on

119-SJRES-91 — 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 "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".

This joint resolution expresses congressional disapproval of a specific rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management. The rule in question relates to the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision. It was originally issued as a record of decision on December 9, 2024. A Government Accountability Office letter of opinion from August 25, 2025, concluded that this record of decision qualifies as a rule under the Congressional Review Act. Because of this joint resolution, that rule will now have no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 91
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 "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".
Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 49Nay: 47Not Voting: 4100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04401
Independent I0200
Republican R49103
Official record
How each member voted (100)
49 yea, 47 nay, 4 not voting