U.S. Senate · December 18, 2025
Roll call 654 · 119th Congress, session 1
S.J.Res. 82 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering…
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
50 yes 50 no
The Senate said no · recorded as “Joint Resolution Defeated”
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
What was being voted on
119-SJRES-82 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".
S.J. Res. 82 is a joint resolution to disapprove of a specific rule from the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. This rule relates to the "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act." If passed, the rule would have no force or effect.
