Senate · Roll call 630 · Dec. 3, 2025

A vote to begin Senate debate on S.J.Res. 91, a joint resolution to overturn a Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leasing rule for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Motion to Proceed Agreed to49–47 Procedural Party-line vote
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Question
On the Motion to Proceed
Bill
S.J.Res. 91, 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 "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".
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Each dot is one current member, in the same seat as on their member page, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how they voted. Seats show current members. Members who have since left Congress appear in the list below.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 0 · No 44 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 49 · No 1 · Did not vote 3
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

Most Democrats voted No (44 of 45).

Most Republicans voted Yes (49 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 December 9, 2024, rule is the record of decision for the oil and gas leasing program in the refuge's Coastal Plain. 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), issued on December 9, 2024, and related to the record of decision (ROD) for the program that leases, develops, produces, and transports oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain program area within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

How each member voted

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