Senate · Roll call 621 · Nov. 19, 2025

A vote to begin Senate debate on S.J.Res. 89, a joint resolution to overturn a Bureau of Land Management coal leasing rule for the Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming.

Motion to Proceed Agreed to51–47 Procedural Party-line vote
Question
On the Motion to Proceed
Bill
S.J.Res. 89, A joint resolution 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 "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
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YesNoPresentDid not vote
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How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 0 · No 45
Republicans
Yes 51 · No 0 · Did not vote 2
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

Most Democrats voted No (45 of 45).

Most Republicans voted Yes (51 of 53).

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress can overturn an agency rule with a joint resolution of disapproval; this November 20, 2024, rule made no federal coal available for future leasing in the Buffalo Field Office plan area. The motion to proceed was agreed to, so the Senate took up the resolution.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on November 20, 2024, which amended the 2015 resource management plan (RMP) for the Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming to make no federal coal available for future leasing.

How each member voted

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