substantiveDec 9, 2021 · Senate roll call · passage · Result: Joint Resolution Passed
On the Joint Resolution — S.J.Res. 29
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard".
In plain language
- Senate joint resolution in the 117th Congress.
- Nullifies a Department of Labor emergency temporary standard for preventing the transmission of COVID-19 in employment settings.
- Senate passed it on Dec 9, 2021 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Labor emergency temporary standard for preventing the transmission of COVID-19 in employment settings. Under the standard issued on November 5, 2021, employers with 100 or more employees must require their onsite employees to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.
Roll-call breakdown
Yea52
Democrat: 1 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 50
Nay48
Democrat: 45 · Independent: 3
Present0
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Not Voting0
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How each member voted (100)
Yea (52)
- 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)
- Jon Tester (Democrat–MT)
- 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 (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)
- 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)
- Jeff Merkley (Democrat–OR)
- John W. Hickenlooper (Democrat–CO)
- Jon Ossoff (Democrat–GA)
- 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)
- 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)
Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.