CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 97

119th Congress · Session 1 · February 27, 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-35 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions".

This is a joint resolution from the 119th Congress. It seeks to express congressional disapproval of a specific rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule in question concerns the "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions." By passing this resolution, Congress intends for that rule to have no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 35
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions".
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 52Nay: 47Not Voting: 1100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04500
Independent I0200
Republican R52001
Official record
How each member voted (100)
52 yea, 47 nay, 1 not voting