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PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES RELATING TO "REMOVAL OF THE AUTOMATIC...

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On 2026-04-29, Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) delivered a floor speech titled "PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY U.S. CI" in the Senate. The speech addressed immigration and also covered foreign policy. It referenced legislation including S2106, SJRES99.

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PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES RELATING TO "REMOVAL OF THE AUTOMATIC...

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 75 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2106] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES RELATING TO ``REMOVAL OF THE AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENTS''--Motion to Proceed Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 366, S.J. Res. 99. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant executive clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 366, S.J. Res. 99, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to ``Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents''. Vote on Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed. Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant executive clerk called the roll. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville). Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Alsobrooks) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 50, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 111 Leg.] YEAS--47 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murkowski Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slotkin Smith Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--50 Armstrong Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis Marshall McConnell McCormick Moody Moran Moreno Ricketts Risch Rounds Schmitt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Sheehy Sullivan Thune Tillis Wicker Young NOT VOTING--3 Alsobrooks Paul Tuberville The motion was rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Justice). The Senator from Iowa. ____________________

Referenced legislation: SJRES99, SJRES99

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PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES RELATING TO "REMOVAL OF THE AUTOMATIC... Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 75 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2106] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES RELATING TO ``REMOVAL OF THE AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENTS''--Motion to Proceed Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 366, S.J. Res. 99. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant executive clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 366, S.J. Res. 99, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to ``Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents''. Vote on Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed. Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant executive clerk called the roll. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville). Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Alsobrooks) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 50, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 111 Leg.] YEAS--47 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murkowski Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slotkin Smith Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--50 Armstrong Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis Marshall McConnell McCormick Moody Moran Moreno Ricketts Risch Rounds Schmitt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Sheehy Sullivan Thune Tillis Wicker Young NOT VOTING--3 Alsobrooks Paul Tuberville The motion was rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Justice). The Senator from Iowa. ____________________ Referenced legislation: SJRES99, SJRES99