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H.J.Res. 75: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers". · Congress Swing Tracker

H.J.Res. 75119th CongressEnergy

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers".

Sponsored by Rep. Craig A. Goldman (R-TX) · 13 active : 13 Republicans

Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-9.

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Where it standsBecame law

Became law

House: passedMar 27, 2025
Senate: passedMay 1, 2025
President: Signed into lawMay 9, 2025

65 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

This joint resolution eliminates new, more stringent energy conservation standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers. Under the joint resolution, such equipment is no longer required to comply with the new standards.

Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the

rule

titled

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers

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and published by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on January 21, 2025. Under the rule, the office adopted new energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified. The rule required the equipment to comply with the those standards by January 22, 2029.

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 PassagePassed214 yea, 193 nayMarch 27, 2025 · Roll call 78

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	48	5	10%
Middle	232	0	0%
Entrenched	119	0	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReferred to

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Food industry and services
Lighting, heating, cooling

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

65Swing 70–100
216Middle 30–70
149Entrenched 0–30
3Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 3 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted.

Key players in the House

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, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 68.0 (needs 5.0).

H.J.Res. 75 · Mar 27, 2025 · Roll call 77On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers”
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 4758 · Feb 25, 2026 · Roll call 438On PassageHomeowner Energy Freedom Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4626 · Feb 24, 2026 · Roll call 436On PassageDon’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3015 · Sep 18, 2025 · Roll call 277On PassageNational Coal Council Reestablishment Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 24 · Mar 27, 2025 · Roll call 76On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 42 · Mar 5, 2025 · Roll call 58On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 20 · Feb 27, 2025 · Roll call 52On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7673 · Dec 10, 2024 · Roll call 1215On PassageLiberty in Laundry Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0

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H.R. 7700 · Jul 9, 2024 · Roll call 1061On PassageStop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7637 · Jul 9, 2024 · Roll call 1059On PassageRefrigerator Freedom Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 6192 · May 7, 2024 · Roll call 902On PassageHands Off Our Home Appliances Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 6192 · May 7, 2024 · Roll call 900On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0

Cosponsors

13 active

Show all 13 cosponsors

Erin Houchin (R-IN-9)
Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6)
Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2)
Troy Balderson (R-OH-12)
Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8)
Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2)
Scott Perry (R-PA-10)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)

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.

Senate

On the Joint ResolutionPassed52 yea, 45 nayMay 1, 2025 · Roll call 228

How members in each band voted on this Senate vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	Share
Swing	9	0%
Middle	59	0%
Entrenched	27	0%
All voting members	95	0%

Too few members broke with their party to measure .

Projections from swing-v3-dir, computed with data from before the vote. Present and not voting never count as breaking.

1
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Energy and CommerceOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 4% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today96Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 84 Swing (today: 96)
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
2
Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 49% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today94Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 95 Swing (today: 94)
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 51% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:YeaBroke with party
4
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 36% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:YeaProjected: 93 Swing
Contact
5
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 53% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:YeaBroke with party
6
Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 4% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
89Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:YeaProjected: 89 Swing
ContactCall
7
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 64% of 23 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:YeaBroke with party
8
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 3% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 77 Swing (today: 89)
9
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 51% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
88Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:YeaBroke with party
10
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 21% of 24 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 27, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 86 Swing (today: 88)