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S.J.Res. 12119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
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".
Sponsored by Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) · 26 active : 26 Republicans
Latest action: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Where it standsBefore the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govThis 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. The rule outlines compliance requirements under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Under the program, the EPA collects an annual charge on emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases from entities in the oil and gas sector if their emissions exceed specified waste emissions thresholds.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Oil and gas
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 51Middle 30–70
- 40Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
26 activeShow all 26 cosponsors
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
