Senate · Roll call 96 · Feb. 26, 2025

A vote to begin Senate consideration of S.J.Res. 12, which would overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule on a waste emissions charge for oil and gas systems.

Motion to Proceed Agreed to52–47 Procedural Party-line vote
Question
On the Motion to Proceed
Bill
S.J.Res. 12, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions".
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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 45
Republicans
Yes 52 · No 0 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

Most Democrats voted No (45 of 45).

Most Republicans voted Yes (52 of 53).

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

About this vote

A motion to proceed asks the Senate to formally take up a measure. Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress can overturn a federal agency's rule by passing a joint resolution of disapproval. The rule, published on November 18, 2024, set procedures for complying with the waste emissions charge for petroleum and natural gas systems, including netting and exemptions. The motion was agreed to.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions and published on November 18, 2024.

How each member voted

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