S.J.Res. 42: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Food and Nutrition Service relating to "Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing-Policy Update".

Joint resolution · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Failed Senate, 26 Oct 2023. Introduced 27 Jul 2023.

Vote results

How each member voted

Senate

Yea (47): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Jerry Moran (R-KS); John Thune (R-SD); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); 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); 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); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK); 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 (50): 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); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); 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); Jon Tester (D-MT); 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); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Tim Kaine (D-VA); 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); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA); John Fetterman (D-PA); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Laphonza R. Butler (D-CA).

Not voting (3): Tim Scott (R-SC); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Alex Padilla (D-CA).

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

Summary

Main subject: Disapproves, under the Congressional Review Act, the Food and Nutrition Service rule titled "Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing—Policy Update" and provides that the rule has no force or effect. Text

Its core areas: Congressional disapproval of a Food and Nutrition Service policy update on program discrimination complaint processing.

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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