S.J.Res. 46 — 117th Congress

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers".

Originated in the Senate · Introduced Apr 28, 2022 · Immigration

Latest action

May 26, 2022

Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which S.J. Res. 46 failed of passage (Record Vote No. 211) entered in Senate.

CRS summary

As of Apr 28, 2022

Introduced in Senate

This joint resolution nullifies the interim final rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and published on March 29, 2022, concerning procedures for the consideration of asylum claims and other related issues. (Among other changes, the interim final rule requires an asylum seeker subject to expedited removal to be screened by an asylum officer for a credible fear of persecution or torture, rather than a credible fear of persecution, reasonable possibility of persecution, or reasonable possibility of torture.)

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

May 26, 2022 · On the Joint Resolution

Full roll call

Joint Resolution Defeated (46–48)

Yea46: 45 R · 1 I

MemberPartyState
Joe Manchin, IIIIndependentWV
Dan SullivanRepublicanAK
Richard C. ShelbyRepublicanAL
Tommy TubervilleRepublicanAL
John BoozmanRepublicanAR
Tom CottonRepublicanAR
Marco RubioRepublicanFL
Rick ScottRepublicanFL
Chuck GrassleyRepublicanIA
Joni ErnstRepublicanIA
James E. RischRepublicanID
Mike CrapoRepublicanID
Mike BraunRepublicanIN
Todd YoungRepublicanIN
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Roger MarshallRepublicanKS
Rand PaulRepublicanKY
Bill CassidyRepublicanLA
John KennedyRepublicanLA
Susan M. CollinsRepublicanME
Josh HawleyRepublicanMO
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Cindy Hyde-SmithRepublicanMS
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Steve DainesRepublicanMT
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Thom TillisRepublicanNC
John HoevenRepublicanND
Ben SasseRepublicanNE
Deb FischerRepublicanNE
Rob PortmanRepublicanOH
James LankfordRepublicanOK
James M. InhofeRepublicanOK
Patrick J. ToomeyRepublicanPA
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSC
Tim ScottRepublicanSC
John ThuneRepublicanSD
Mike RoundsRepublicanSD
Bill HagertyRepublicanTN
John CornynRepublicanTX
Mike LeeRepublicanUT
Mitt RomneyRepublicanUT
Ron JohnsonRepublicanWI
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV
Cynthia M. LummisRepublicanWY
John BarrassoRepublicanWY

Nay48: 44 D · 3 I · 1 R

MemberPartyState
Mark KellyDemocratAZ
Alex PadillaDemocratCA
Dianne FeinsteinDemocratCA
John W. HickenlooperDemocratCO
Michael F. BennetDemocratCO
Christopher MurphyDemocratCT
Richard BlumenthalDemocratCT
Christopher A. CoonsDemocratDE
Thomas R. CarperDemocratDE
Jon OssoffDemocratGA
Raphael G. WarnockDemocratGA
Brian SchatzDemocratHI
Mazie K. HironoDemocratHI
Richard J. DurbinDemocratIL
Tammy DuckworthDemocratIL
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
Elizabeth WarrenDemocratMA
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
Debbie StabenowDemocratMI
Gary C. PetersDemocratMI
Amy KlobucharDemocratMN
Tina SmithDemocratMN
Jon TesterDemocratMT
Jeanne ShaheenDemocratNH
Margaret Wood HassanDemocratNH
Cory A. BookerDemocratNJ
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Ben Ray LujánDemocratNM
Martin HeinrichDemocratNM
Catherine Cortez MastoDemocratNV
Jacky RosenDemocratNV
Charles E. SchumerDemocratNY
Kirsten E. GillibrandDemocratNY
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Ron WydenDemocratOR
Robert P. Casey, Jr.DemocratPA
Jack ReedDemocratRI
Sheldon WhitehouseDemocratRI
Mark R. WarnerDemocratVA
Tim KaineDemocratVA
Patrick J. LeahyDemocratVT
Maria CantwellDemocratWA
Patty MurrayDemocratWA
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Kyrsten SinemaIndependentAZ
Angus S. King, Jr.IndependentME
Bernard SandersIndependentVT
Mitch McConnellRepublicanKY

Not Voting6: 4 R · 2 D

MemberPartyState
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Jeff MerkleyDemocratOR
Lisa MurkowskiRepublicanAK
Kevin CramerRepublicanND
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
Ted CruzRepublicanTX

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