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Joint Resolution Passed in the Senate on April 10, 2025 · 53 Yea, 44 Nay, 3 Not Voting

Question: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 20

In plain English: Congress is voting to block a new Department of Energy rule that would have updated energy efficiency standards for gas-fired water heaters. This action would prevent the new standards from taking effect.

This act nullifies the rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters and submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE) on December 26, 2024. Under the rule, DOE adopted amended energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that DOE determined was technologically feasible and economically justified.

Vote Breakdown by Party

• Republican: 51 Yea, 0 Nay, 2 not voting/present.
• Democrat: 2 Yea, 43 Nay.
• Independent: 0 Yea, 1 Nay, 1 not voting/present.

Members Who Voted Against Their Party

• Jon Ossoff (D-GA) voted Yea while most Democrats voted No.
• Raphael Warnock (D-GA) voted Yea while most Democrats voted No.

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