CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 654

119th Congress · Session 1 · December 18, 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-82 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".

S.J. Res. 82 is a joint resolution to disapprove of a specific rule from the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. This rule relates to the "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act." If passed, the rule would have no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 82
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".
Result: Joint Resolution Defeated
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 50Nay: 50100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D45000
Independent I2000
Republican R35000
Official record
How each member voted (100)
50 yea, 50 nay