On the Motion to Table — Motion to Table: Submitted Point of Order Re: H. J. Res. 140
This was a procedural vote — a decision about process (such as ending debate or handling a motion), not a direct vote on a bill, amendment, or nominee.
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.
In plain language
- This House joint resolution from the 119th Congress uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove a Bureau of Land Management rule on Public Land Order No. 7917, which withdrew federal lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota. - Official subject tags include land use, mining, lakes and rivers, Minnesota, renewable resources, and public lands. - The official summary says the measure would open about 225,504 acres of National Forest System land in those counties to mineral and geothermal leasing by nullifying Public Land Order 7917. - That order withdrew the land from mineral and geothermal leasing for 20 years beginning in 2023. - The official summary says BLM issued the order to protect the Rainy River Watershed, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the related Mining Protection Area, and the 1854 Ceded Territory of the Lake Superior Chippewa from possible effects of mineral and geothermal exploration and development. - Nullifying the order would allow that land to be leased for those uses.
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
This joint resolution opens approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties in Minnesota to mineral and geothermal leasing. Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies Public Land Order 7917 , which withdrew such land from mineral and geothermal leasing for 20 years beginning in 2023. The Bureau of Land Management issued the order to protect and preserve the Rainy River Watershed, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Mining Protection Area, and the 1854 Ceded Territory of the Lake Superior Chippewa from potential adverse effects of mineral and geothermal exploration and development. The joint resolution removes such protections and allows such land to be leased for the exploration and development of minerals and geothermal energy.
Roll-call breakdown
Republican: 51
Democrat: 45 · Independent: 2 · Republican: 1
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Republican: 1
How each member voted (100)
Yea (51)
- Alan Armstrong (Republican–OK)
- Ashley Moody (Republican–FL)
- Bernie Moreno (Republican–OH)
- 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)
- David McCormick (Republican–PA)
- Deb Fischer (Republican–NE)
- Eric Schmitt (Republican–MO)
- James C. Justice (Republican–WV)
- James E. Risch (Republican–ID)
- James Lankford (Republican–OK)
- Jerry Moran (Republican–KS)
- Jim Banks (Republican–IN)
- John Barrasso (Republican–WY)
- John Boozman (Republican–AR)
- John Cornyn (Republican–TX)
- John Hoeven (Republican–ND)
- John Kennedy (Republican–LA)
- John R. Curtis (Republican–UT)
- John Thune (Republican–SD)
- Jon Husted (Republican–OH)
- Joni Ernst (Republican–IA)
- Josh Hawley (Republican–MO)
- Katie Boyd Britt (Republican–AL)
- Kevin Cramer (Republican–ND)
- Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC)
- Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK)
- Marsha Blackburn (Republican–TN)
- Mike Crapo (Republican–ID)
- Mike Lee (Republican–UT)
- Mike Rounds (Republican–SD)
- Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY)
- Pete Ricketts (Republican–NE)
- Rand Paul (Republican–KY)
- Rick Scott (Republican–FL)
- Roger F. Wicker (Republican–MS)
- Roger Marshall (Republican–KS)
- Ron Johnson (Republican–WI)
- Shelley Moore Capito (Republican–WV)
- Steve Daines (Republican–MT)
- Ted Budd (Republican–NC)
- Ted Cruz (Republican–TX)
- Tim Scott (Republican–SC)
- Tim Sheehy (Republican–MT)
- Todd Young (Republican–IN)
- Tom Cotton (Republican–AR)
- Tommy Tuberville (Republican–AL)
Nay (48)
- Adam B. Schiff (Democrat–CA)
- Alex Padilla (Democrat–CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (Democrat–MN)
- Andy Kim (Democrat–NJ)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (Democrat–MD)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (Independent–ME)
- Ben Ray Luján (Democrat–NM)
- 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)
- Edward J. Markey (Democrat–MA)
- Elissa Slotkin (Democrat–MI)
- 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 Fetterman (Democrat–PA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (Democrat–CO)
- Jon Ossoff (Democrat–GA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat–NY)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat–DE)
- 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)
- Peter Welch (Democrat–VT)
- Raphael G. Warnock (Democrat–GA)
- Richard Blumenthal (Democrat–CT)
- Richard J. Durbin (Democrat–IL)
- Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR)
- Ruben Gallego (Democrat–AZ)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat–RI)
- Susan M. Collins (Republican–ME)
- Tammy Baldwin (Democrat–WI)
- Tammy Duckworth (Democrat–IL)
- Tim Kaine (Democrat–VA)
- Tina Smith (Democrat–MN)
Not Voting (1)
- Thom Tillis (Republican–NC)
Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.