S.J.Res. 29: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard".

Joint resolution · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Agreed to in Senate, 8 Dec 2021. Introduced 17 Nov 2021.

Vote results

How each member voted

Senate

Yea (52): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Richard C. Shelby (R-AL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); James M. Inhofe (R-OK); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Richard Burr (R-NC); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Roy Blunt (R-MO); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); John Thune (R-SD); Rob Portman (R-OH); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA); Jon Tester (D-MT); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); James E. Risch (R-ID); Joe Manchin, III (D-WV); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Steve Daines (R-MT); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Mike Braun (R-IN); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Rick Scott (R-FL); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).

Nay (48): Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT); Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Patty Murray (D-WA); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA).

Not in office (2): Kamala D. Harris (D-CA); Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).

Summary

Main subject: Disapproves, under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, the Department of Labor rule titled "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard" (86 Fed. Reg. 61402, November 5, 2021), so that the rule has no force or effect. Text

Its core areas: Congressional disapproval of the Department of Labor COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard.

Unexpected Items: 0 provisions

What it does

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

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