Senate agrees to take up the resolution overturning the BLM rule on the Buffalo Field Office plan
On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 89
NOV 19, 2025 · 2:23 PM ET
A party-line vote. 1 vote to spare over the 50 needed.
A yes only lets the Senate take up the measure. It is not a vote to pass it.
WHAT IS A MOTION TO PROCEED →A yes only lets the Senate take up the measure. It is not a vote to pass it.
WHAT IS A MOTION TO PROCEED →What the Senate was voting on
The Senate voted on whether to take up S.J.Res. 89 for debate. The joint resolution would nullify the Bureau of Land Management’s 2024 rule for the Buffalo Field Office and restore the 2015 plan, making coal available for future leasing. The motion passed by 1 vote over the 50 needed.
Take up S.J.Res. 89 for debate on the Senate floor.
Do not take it up now.
Restore the 2015 Buffalo Field Office plan and make BLM-managed coal available for future leasing.
Reported by committee on Nov. 18, 2025. Waiting for a Senate floor vote, 370 days after it was introduced.
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- On a 50–50 tie the Vice President can cast the deciding vote.
50 is a majority of the 98 senators voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.
- VP
- On a 50–50 tie the Vice President can cast the deciding vote.
A straight party-line voteStraight party line.
Every vote on S.J.Res. 89, in both chambersPassed the House. Passed the Senate.
CHAMBER CONTRASTThe House agreed to it 214–212 on Nov. 18. The Senate voted to take it up 51–47 on Nov. 19.
- NOV 18Discharged from committeeDISCHARGED
- NOV 18#290Previous question on the rule (H.Res. 879)AGREED TO217–211
- NOV 18#291On the rule (H.Res. 879)AGREED TO217–210
- NOV 18#294On adoptionPASSED214–212
- NOV 19#621THIS VOTEMotion to proceedAGREED TO51–471 vote to spare over the 50 needed.
- NOV 20#623On adoptionPASSED51–43
- DEC 3Sent to the PresidentTO PRESIDENT
- DEC 11Signed into lawSIGNED
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