VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

S.J.Res. 37 · 112th Congress

A joint resolution to disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection…

Full title

A joint resolution to disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to emission standards for certain steam generating units.

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

JIR InhofeSponsor
1 cosponsor · 1 R
MJR Johanns

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relating to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units and standards of performance for fossil-fuel-fired electric utility, industrial-commercial-institutional, and…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 16, 2012

Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relating to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units and standards of performance for fossil-fuel-fired electric utility, industrial-commercial-institutional, and small industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A joint resolution to disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to emission standards for certain steam generating units.

Latest action (Jun 20, 2012): Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 53. Record Vote Number: 139. (consideration: CR S4334)

Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 16, 2012

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML) · Embed in your story

Latest vote · Senate · Jun 20, 2012

Taking up the measure (motion to proceed) — Motion to Proceed Rejected. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid

Yea46
LMR Murkowski JSR Sessions RSR Shelby JBR Boozman JMR McCain JKR Kyl MRR Rubio JIR Isakson SCR Chambliss CGR Grassley JRR Risch MCR Crapo DCR Coats RLR Lugar JMR Moran PRR Roberts MMR McConnell RPR Paul DVR Vitter MLD Landrieu RBR Blunt RWR Wicker TCR Cochran RBR Burr JHR Hoeven BND Nelson MJR Johanns DHR Heller RPR Portman JIR Inhofe TCR Coburn PTR Toomey JDR DeMint LGR Graham JTR Thune BCR Corker JCR Cornyn KHR Hutchison MLR Lee OHR Hatch JWD Webb MWD Warner RJR Johnson JMD Manchin JBR Barrasso MER Enzi
Nay53
MBD Begich MPD Pryor BBD Boxer DFD Feinstein MUD Udall MBD Bennet JLI Lieberman RBD Blumenthal CCD Coons TCD Carper BND Nelson DAD Akaka DID Inouye THD Harkin RDD Durbin JKD Kerry SBR Brown BMD Mikulski BCD Cardin OSR Snowe SCR Collins CLD Levin DSD Stabenow AFD Franken AKD Klobuchar CMD McCaskill JTD Tester MBD Baucus KHD Hagan KCD Conrad JSD Shaheen KAR Ayotte BMD Menendez FLD Lautenberg JBD Bingaman TUD Udall HRD Reid CSD Schumer KGD Gillibrand SBD Brown JMD Merkley RWD Wyden BCD Casey JRD Reed SWD Whitehouse TJD Johnson LAR Alexander BSI Sanders PLD Leahy MCD Cantwell PMD Murray HKD Kohl JRD Rockefeller
Not Voting1
MKR Kirk
Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKYea
Mark BegichDAKNay
Jeff SessionsRALYea
Richard ShelbyRALYea
John BoozmanRARYea
Mark PryorDARNay
John McCainRAZYea
Jon KylRAZYea
Barbara BoxerDCANay
Dianne FeinsteinDCANay
Mark UdallDCONay
Michael BennetDCONay
Joseph LiebermanIDCTNay
Richard BlumenthalDCTNay
Christopher CoonsDDENay
Thomas CarperDDENay
Bill NelsonDFLNay
Marco RubioRFLYea
Johnny IsaksonRGAYea
Saxby ChamblissRGAYea
Daniel AkakaDHINay
Daniel InouyeDHINay
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Tom HarkinDIANay
James RischRIDYea
Mike CrapoRIDYea
Mark KirkRILNot Voting
Richard DurbinDILNay
Daniel CoatsRINYea
Richard LugarRINYea
Jerry MoranRKSYea
Pat RobertsRKSYea
Mitch McConnellRKYYea
Rand PaulRKYYea
David VitterRLAYea
Mary LandrieuDLAYea
John KerryDMANay
Scott BrownRMANay
Barbara MikulskiDMDNay
Benjamin CardinDMDNay
Olympia SnoweRMENay
Susan CollinsRMENay
Carl LevinDMINay
Debbie StabenowDMINay
Al FrankenDMNNay
Amy KlobucharDMNNay
Claire McCaskillDMONay
Roy BluntRMOYea
Roger WickerRMSYea
Thad CochranRMSYea
Jon TesterDMTNay
Max BaucusDMTNay
Kay HaganDNCNay
Richard BurrRNCYea
John HoevenRNDYea
Kent ConradDNDNay
Ben NelsonDNEYea
Mike JohannsRNEYea
Jeanne ShaheenDNHNay
Kelly AyotteRNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJNay
Frank LautenbergDNJNay
Jeff BingamanDNMNay
Tom UdallDNMNay
Dean HellerRNVYea
Harry ReidDNVNay
Chuck SchumerDNYNay
Kirsten GillibrandDNYNay
Rob PortmanROHYea
Sherrod BrownDOHNay
Jim InhofeROKYea
Thomas CoburnROKYea
Jeff MerkleyDORNay
Ron WydenDORNay
Bob CaseyDPANay
Pat ToomeyRPAYea
Jack ReedDRINay
Sheldon WhitehouseDRINay
Jim DeMintRSCYea
Lindsey GrahamRSCYea
John ThuneRSDYea
Tim JohnsonDSDNay
Bob CorkerRTNYea
Lamar AlexanderRTNNay
John CornynRTXYea
Kay HutchisonRTXYea
Mike LeeRUTYea
Orrin HatchRUTYea
Jim WebbDVAYea
Mark WarnerDVAYea
Bernie SandersIVTNay
Patrick LeahyDVTNay
Maria CantwellDWANay
Patty MurrayDWANay
Herb KohlDWINay
Ron JohnsonRWIYea
Jay RockefellerDWVNay
Joe ManchinDWVYea
John BarrassoRWYYea
Michael EnziRWYYea