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Timothy Kaine (D-VA)

A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy.

S.J.Res. 10 · Senate resolution Emergency Management

A Democratic resolution with 10 Democratic cosponsors · See all 11 cosponsors

Last activity — Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 95. (consideration: CR S1364, S1367-1390)

Failed

Came to a vote and did not get the votes it needed.

Usually nothing. A measure can be brought back, but one that failed on the floor rarely returns in the same Congress.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Failed 47–52

What this bill would do

This joint resolution aims to end the national emergency regarding energy. This emergency was originally declared by the President on January 20, 2025, through Executive Order 14156. The resolution seeks to terminate that declaration pursuant to the National Emergencies Act.

Yes

  • Scored +1

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    Terminating the national emergency removes the legal basis for specific emergency-related government expenditures and powers.

  • Scored +1

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    Ending a federal national emergency reduces the central government's emergency-based unilateral authority.

The opposite

  • Scored -1

    Does this reduce how much oil, gas and coal is produced?

    The termination of an energy emergency may reduce regulatory or executive barriers affecting fossil fuel production.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this bill.

  • The Senate: the vote on whether to pass the joint resolution A joint resolution is a bill by another name: it goes to the other chamber and then to the President. Most of them are used to overturn a rule an agency has made. Failed 47 yes · 52 no

    See who voted how →

    02/26/2025 · Roll call 95 · recorded as “On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 10”