substantiveMay 26, 2022 · Senate roll call · passage · Result: Joint Resolution Defeated
On the Joint Resolution — S.J.Res. 46
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers".
In plain language
- Senate joint resolution in the 117th Congress.
- Nullifies the interim final rule submitted by the Department of Justice and DHS and published on March 29.
- Senate passage vote joint resolution defeated on May 26, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
This joint resolution nullifies the interim final rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and published on March 29, 2022, concerning procedures for the consideration of asylum claims and other related issues. (Among other changes, the interim final rule requires an asylum seeker subject to expedited removal to be screened by an asylum officer for a credible fear of persecution or torture, rather than a credible fear of persecution, reasonable possibility of persecution, or reasonable possibility of torture.)
Roll-call breakdown
Yea46
Independent: 1 · Republican: 45
Nay48
Democrat: 44 · Independent: 3 · Republican: 1
Present0
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Not Voting6
Democrat: 2 · Republican: 4
How each member voted (100)
Yea (46)
- Ben Sasse (Republican–NE)
- Bill Cassidy (Republican–LA)
- Bill Hagerty (Republican–TN)
- Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican–MS)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican–WY)
- Dan Sullivan (Republican–AK)
- Deb Fischer (Republican–NE)
- James E. Risch (Republican–ID)
- James Lankford (Republican–OK)
- James M. Inhofe (Republican–OK)
- Jerry Moran (Republican–KS)
- Joe Manchin, III (Independent–WV)
- John Barrasso (Republican–WY)
- John Boozman (Republican–AR)
- John Cornyn (Republican–TX)
- John Hoeven (Republican–ND)
- John Kennedy (Republican–LA)
- John Thune (Republican–SD)
- Joni Ernst (Republican–IA)
- Josh Hawley (Republican–MO)
- Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC)
- Marco Rubio (Republican–FL)
- Mike Braun (Republican–IN)
- Mike Crapo (Republican–ID)
- Mike Lee (Republican–UT)
- Mike Rounds (Republican–SD)
- Mitt Romney (Republican–UT)
- Patrick J. Toomey (Republican–PA)
- Rand Paul (Republican–KY)
- Richard Burr (Republican–NC)
- Richard C. Shelby (Republican–AL)
- Rick Scott (Republican–FL)
- Rob Portman (Republican–OH)
- Roger F. Wicker (Republican–MS)
- Roger Marshall (Republican–KS)
- Ron Johnson (Republican–WI)
- Roy Blunt (Republican–MO)
- Shelley Moore Capito (Republican–WV)
- Steve Daines (Republican–MT)
- Susan M. Collins (Republican–ME)
- Thom Tillis (Republican–NC)
- Tim Scott (Republican–SC)
- Todd Young (Republican–IN)
- Tom Cotton (Republican–AR)
- Tommy Tuberville (Republican–AL)
Nay (48)
- Alex Padilla (Democrat–CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (Democrat–MN)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (Independent–ME)
- Ben Ray Luján (Democrat–NM)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (Democrat–MD)
- Bernard Sanders (Independent–VT)
- Brian Schatz (Democrat–HI)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat–NV)
- Charles E. Schumer (Democrat–NY)
- Christopher A. Coons (Democrat–DE)
- Christopher Murphy (Democrat–CT)
- Cory A. Booker (Democrat–NJ)
- Debbie Stabenow (Democrat–MI)
- Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA)
- Edward J. Markey (Democrat–MA)
- Elizabeth Warren (Democrat–MA)
- Gary C. Peters (Democrat–MI)
- Jack Reed (Democrat–RI)
- Jacky Rosen (Democrat–NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat–NH)
- John W. Hickenlooper (Democrat–CO)
- Jon Ossoff (Democrat–GA)
- Jon Tester (Democrat–MT)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat–NY)
- Kyrsten Sinema (Independent–AZ)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (Democrat–NH)
- Maria Cantwell (Democrat–WA)
- Mark Kelly (Democrat–AZ)
- Mark R. Warner (Democrat–VA)
- Martin Heinrich (Democrat–NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (Democrat–HI)
- Michael F. Bennet (Democrat–CO)
- Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY)
- Patrick J. Leahy (Democrat–VT)
- Patty Murray (Democrat–WA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (Democrat–GA)
- Richard Blumenthal (Democrat–CT)
- Richard J. Durbin (Democrat–IL)
- Robert Menendez (Democrat–NJ)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (Democrat–PA)
- Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat–RI)
- Sherrod Brown (Democrat–OH)
- Tammy Baldwin (Democrat–WI)
- Tammy Duckworth (Democrat–IL)
- Thomas R. Carper (Democrat–DE)
- Tim Kaine (Democrat–VA)
- Tina Smith (Democrat–MN)
Not Voting (6)
- Chris Van Hollen (Democrat–MD)
- Jeff Merkley (Democrat–OR)
- Kevin Cramer (Republican–ND)
- Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK)
- Marsha Blackburn (Republican–TN)
- Ted Cruz (Republican–TX)
Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.