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Senate · Roll call 79 · 1st session · March 29, 2023 A vote to pass H.J.Res. 27, overturning the federal rule titled "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
- Question
- On Passage of the Bill
- Official record
- Senate roll call 79, 118th Congress, 1st session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 118-s79, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 118th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
- Bill
- H.J.Res. 27, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Biden's position: wanted a No vote
“The Administration strongly opposes passage of H.J. Res. 27, a joint resolution to disapprove “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’” (“final rule”).”
Source: White House statement on the bill · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)
About this vote
Under the Congressional Review Act, a joint resolution of disapproval that becomes law overturns a federal agency rule, and the agency may not reissue a substantially similar rule without new authorization from Congress. H.J.Res. 27 disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency on the "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'"; a Yes vote supported passing it in the Senate.
This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Katie Boyd Britt | AL | Republican | Yes |
| Tommy Tuberville | AL | Republican | Yes |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Kyrsten Sinema | AZ | Independent | Yes |
| Mark Kelly | AZ | Democrat | No |
| Alex Padilla | CA | Democrat | No |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| John W. Hickenlooper | CO | Democrat | No |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | No |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | No |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | No |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | No |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | Yes |
| Rick Scott | FL | Republican | Yes |
| Jon Ossoff | GA | Democrat | No |
| Raphael G. Warnock | GA | Democrat | No |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | No |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | No |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | Yes |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | Yes |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | No |
| Tammy Duckworth | IL | Democrat | No |
| Mike Braun | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Todd Young | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Roger Marshall | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Did not vote |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | Yes |
| John Kennedy | LA | Republican | Yes |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | No |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | No |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | No |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD | Democrat | No |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | No |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | No |
| Gary C. Peters | MI | Democrat | No |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | No |
| Tina Smith | MN | Democrat | No |
| Eric Schmitt | MO | Republican | Yes |
| Josh Hawley | MO | Republican | Yes |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Budd | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | Yes |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Kevin Cramer | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Pete Ricketts | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | No |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | NH | Democrat | No |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Ben Ray Luján | NM | Democrat | No |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | No |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Jacky Rosen | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | No |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | No |
| J.D. Vance | OH | Republican | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | No |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Markwayne Mullin | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | No |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | No |
| John Fetterman | PA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | No |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | No |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | No |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | Yes |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | Yes |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Bill Hagerty | TN | Republican | Yes |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN | Republican | Yes |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Mitt Romney | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | No |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | No |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | No |
| Peter Welch | VT | Democrat | No |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | No |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | No |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | Yes |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | No |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | Yes |
| Cynthia M. Lummis | WY | Republican | Yes |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | Yes |