S.J.Res. 18: A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility".

Joint resolution · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Agreed to in Senate, 17 May 2023. Introduced 8 Mar 2023.

Vote results

How each member voted

Senate

Yea (50): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); John Thune (R-SD); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Jon Tester (D-MT); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); James E. Risch (R-ID); Joe Manchin, III (I-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); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Ted Budd (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); Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL); Eric Schmitt (R-MO); J.D. Vance (R-OH); Pete Ricketts (R-NE).

Nay (47): 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); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Patty Murray (D-WA); 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); Peter Welch (D-VT); 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); 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); John Fetterman (D-PA); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).

Not voting (3): Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK); Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

Not in office (5): Adam B. Schiff (D-CA); Andy Kim (D-NJ); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Laphonza R. Butler (D-CA); George S. Helmy (D-NJ).

Summary

Main subject: Disapproves the Department of Homeland Security final rule titled "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility" (87 Fed. Reg. 55472, September 9, 2022) and provides that it has no force or effect. Text

Its core areas: Congressional disapproval of the Department of Homeland Security rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility.

Unexpected Items: 0 provisions

What it does

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 2 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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