Senate Vote114th Congress
Nov 17, 2015· Congress 114· Vote #307· 1/2 required
S.J.Res. 23
Joint Resolution Passed
SJRES 23 · 114th Congress
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
Environmental ProtectionSponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · KY
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs) if the EGUs are newly constructed, modified, or reconstructed. (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)
52
Yea
46
Nay
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Present
2
Absent
Yea 52 (52%)(46%) 46 Nay
2 present / not voting
Party Split
Democrat
3 Yea41 Nay
Republican
49 Yea3 Nay2 Other
Independent
0 Yea2 Nay
Member Votes100
Yes (52)
Hatch (R-UT)R-UT
Cochran (R-MS)R-MS
Grassley (R-IA)R-IA
McConnell (R-KY)R-KY
Shelby (R-AL)R-AL
McCain (R-AZ)R-AZ
Coats (R-IN)R-IN
Inhofe (R-OK)R-OK
Enzi (R-WY)R-WY
Roberts (R-KS)R-KS
Sessions (R-AL)R-AL
Crapo (R-ID)R-ID
Cornyn (R-TX)R-TX
Murkowski (R-AK)R-AK
Alexander (R-TN)R-TN
Vitter (R-LA)R-LA
Burr (R-NC)R-NC
Thune (R-SD)R-SD
Isakson (R-GA)R-GA
Corker (R-TN)R-TN
Barrasso (R-WY)R-WY
Wicker (R-MS)R-MS
Risch (R-ID)R-ID
Manchin (D-WV)D-WV
Blunt (R-MO)R-MO
Boozman (R-AR)R-AR
Hoeven (R-ND)R-ND
Johnson (R-WI)R-WI
Lee (R-UT)R-UT
Moran (R-KS)R-KS
Paul (R-KY)R-KY
Portman (R-OH)R-OH
Toomey (R-PA)R-PA
Heller (R-NV)R-NV
Cruz (R-TX)R-TX
Donnelly (D-IN)D-IN
Fischer (R-NE)R-NE
Flake (R-AZ)R-AZ
Heitkamp (D-ND)D-ND
Scott (R-SC)R-SC
Capito (R-WV)R-WV
Cassidy (R-LA)R-LA
Cotton (R-AR)R-AR
Daines (R-MT)R-MT
Ernst (R-IA)R-IA
Gardner (R-CO)R-CO
Lankford (R-OK)R-OK
Perdue (R-GA)R-GA
Rounds (R-SD)R-SD
Sasse (R-NE)R-NE
Sullivan (R-AK)R-AK
Tillis (R-NC)R-NC
Abstained (0)
None
No (46)
Leahy (D-VT)D-VT
Mikulski (D-MD)D-MD
Reid (D-NV)D-NV
Feinstein (D-CA)D-CA
Boxer (D-CA)D-CA
Murray (D-WA)D-WA
Wyden (D-OR)D-OR
Collins (R-ME)R-ME
Durbin (D-IL)D-IL
Reed (D-RI)D-RI
Schumer (D-NY)D-NY
Cantwell (D-WA)D-WA
Carper (D-DE)D-DE
Nelson (D-FL)D-FL
Stabenow (D-MI)D-MI
Menendez (D-NJ)D-NJ
Brown (D-OH)D-OH
Cardin (D-MD)D-MD
Casey (D-PA)D-PA
Klobuchar (D-MN)D-MN
McCaskill (D-MO)D-MO
Sanders (I-VT)I-VT
Tester (D-MT)D-MT
Whitehouse (D-RI)D-RI
Merkley (D-OR)D-OR
Shaheen (D-NH)D-NH
Udall (D-NM)D-NM
Warner (D-VA)D-VA
Bennet (D-CO)D-CO
Gillibrand (D-NY)D-NY
Franken (D-MN)D-MN
Coons (D-DE)D-DE
Kirk (R-IL)R-IL
Ayotte (R-NH)R-NH
Blumenthal (D-CT)D-CT
Schatz (D-HI)D-HI
Baldwin (D-WI)D-WI
Heinrich (D-NM)D-NM
Hirono (D-HI)D-HI
Kaine (D-VA)D-VA
King (I-ME)I-ME
Murphy (D-CT)D-CT
Warren (D-MA)D-MA
Markey (D-MA)D-MA
Booker (D-NJ)D-NJ
Peters (D-MI)D-MI
Absent (2)
Graham (R-SC)R-SC
Rubio (R-FL)R-FL