substantiveAug 4, 2022 · Senate roll call · passage · Result: Joint Resolution Passed
On the Joint Resolution — S.J.Res.55
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to "National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions".
In plain language
- Senate joint resolution in the 117th Congress.
- Nullifies the final rule issued by the Council on Environmental Quality titled National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations.
- Senate passed it on Aug 4, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Council on Environmental Quality titled National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions and published on April 20, 2022. The rule restores regulatory provisions issued under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) that were in effect before being modified in 2020 by the Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act rule.
Roll-call breakdown
Yea50
Independent: 1 · Republican: 49
Nay47
Democrat: 44 · Independent: 3
Present0
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Not Voting3
Democrat: 2 · Republican: 1
How each member voted (100)
Yea (50)
- 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 Hoeven (Republican–ND)
- John Kennedy (Republican–LA)
- John Thune (Republican–SD)
- Joni Ernst (Republican–IA)
- Josh Hawley (Republican–MO)
- Kevin Cramer (Republican–ND)
- Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC)
- Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK)
- Marco Rubio (Republican–FL)
- Marsha Blackburn (Republican–TN)
- Mike Braun (Republican–IN)
- Mike Crapo (Republican–ID)
- Mike Lee (Republican–UT)
- Mike Rounds (Republican–SD)
- Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY)
- 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)
- Ted Cruz (Republican–TX)
- Thom Tillis (Republican–NC)
- Tim Scott (Republican–SC)
- Todd Young (Republican–IN)
- Tom Cotton (Republican–AR)
- Tommy Tuberville (Republican–AL)
Nay (47)
- 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)
- Chris Van Hollen (Democrat–MD)
- 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)
- 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 (3)
- Jeff Merkley (Democrat–OR)
- John Cornyn (Republican–TX)
- Patrick J. Leahy (Democrat–VT)
Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.