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H.J.Res. 35119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
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 Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) · 19 active : 19 Republicans
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-2.
Where it standsBecame law63 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedFeb 26, 2025
- Senate: passedFeb 27, 2025
- President: Signed into lawMar 14, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govThis joint resolution eliminates an annual waste emissions charge on oil or gas facilities under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Under the program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently collects a waste emissions charge from specific types of oil or gas facilities, such as onshore or offshore facilities that produce oil or gas, for exceeding emission thresholds for greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions.
Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the rule titled
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Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions
and published by the EPA on November 18, 2024.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed220 yea, 206 nayFebruary 26, 2025 · Roll call 52
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 49 | 5 | 10% |
| Middle | 176 | 0 | 0% |
| Entrenched | 127 | 0 | 0% |
| Insufficient data |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReferred 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
- 11Swing 70–100
- 67Middle 30–70
- 22Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
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. Where the Senate has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.
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Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
19 activeShow all 19 cosponsors
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
- Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6)
- Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19)
- John Joyce (R-PA-13)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
- Mike Carey (R-OH-15)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23)
- Randy K. Sr. Weber (R-TX-14)
- Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5)
- Troy Balderson (R-OH-12)
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
- Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12)
- Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)
- Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)
- Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL)
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.
