118th Congress Education
S.J.Res. 43: Disapproval of Department of Education rule: Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program".
Reported
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule submitted by the Department of Education titled Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and published on July 10, 2023. The rule creates a new income-driven repayment plan called the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Key votes
On the Joint Resolution
Failed 49–50
Yea 49majority 50Nay 50
- Democrats0 yea, 47 nay
- Republicans48 yea, 0 nay
- Independents1 yea, 3 nay
Broke with their party: Joe Manchin (I-WV) voted Yea
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Yea 49
Republicans (48)
- John Barrasso WY
- Marsha Blackburn TN
- John Boozman AR
- Mike Braun IN
- Katie Britt AL
- Ted Budd NC
- Shelley Capito WV
- Bill Cassidy LA
- Susan Collins ME
- John Cornyn TX
- Tom Cotton AR
- Kevin Cramer ND
- Michael Crapo ID
- Ted Cruz TX
- Steve Daines MT
- Joni Ernst IA
- Deb Fischer NE
- Lindsey Graham SC
- Charles Grassley IA
- Bill Hagerty TN
- Joshua Hawley MO
- John Hoeven ND
- Cindy Hyde-Smith MS
- Ron Johnson WI
- John Kennedy LA
- James Lankford OK
- Mike Lee UT
- Cynthia Lummis WY
- Roger Marshall KS
- Mitch McConnell KY
- Jerry Moran KS
- Markwayne Mullin OK
- Lisa Murkowski AK
- Rand Paul KY
- Pete Ricketts NE
- James Risch ID
- Mitt Romney UT
- Mike Rounds SD
- Marco Rubio FL
- Eric Schmitt MO
- Rick Scott FL
- Dan Sullivan AK
- John Thune SD
- Thom Tillis NC
- Tommy Tuberville AL
- James David Vance OH
- Roger Wicker MS
- Todd Young IN
Independents (1) broke with their party
- Joe Manchin WV
Nay 50
Democrats (47)
- Tammy Baldwin WI
- Michael Bennet CO
- Richard Blumenthal CT
- Cory Booker NJ
- Sherrod Brown OH
- Laphonza Butler CA
- Maria Cantwell WA
- Benjamin Cardin MD
- Thomas Carper DE
- Robert Casey PA
- Christopher Coons DE
- Catherine Cortez Masto NV
- Tammy Duckworth IL
- Richard Durbin IL
- John Fetterman PA
- Kirsten Gillibrand NY
- Margaret Hassan NH
- Martin Heinrich NM
- John Hickenlooper CO
- Mazie Hirono HI
- Timothy Kaine VA
- Mark Kelly AZ
- Amy Klobuchar MN
- Ben Luján NM
- Edward Markey MA
- Robert Menendez NJ
- Jeff Merkley OR
- Christopher Murphy CT
- Patty Murray WA
- Jon Ossoff GA
- Alejandro Padilla CA
- Gary Peters MI
- John Reed RI
- Jacky Rosen NV
- Brian Schatz HI
- Charles Schumer NY
- Jeanne Shaheen NH
- Tina Smith MN
- Debbie Stabenow MI
- Jon Tester MT
- Chris Van Hollen MD
- Mark Warner VA
- Raphael Warnock GA
- Elizabeth Warren MA
- Peter Welch VT
- Sheldon Whitehouse RI
- Ron Wyden OR
Independents (3)
Not voting 1
Republicans (1)
- Tim Scott SC
Roll calls
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Nov 15, 2023SenateOn the Joint ResolutionFinal passageFailed, yea-nay 49–50
Roll call 310 tally by party Party Yea Nay Present Not voting Democrats 0 47 0 0 Republicans 48 0 0 1 Independents 1 3 0 0 Total 49 50 0 1 Senate roll call 310: On the Joint Resolution. Joint Resolution Defeated.
1 crossed party lines: 1 Independent
How each member voted (100)
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- John Cornyn R-TXOriginal
- John Thune R-SDOriginal
- John Barrasso R-WY
- Ted Budd R-NC
- Mike Braun R-IN
- Michael Crapo R-ID
- Shelley Capito R-WV
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- Charles Grassley R-IA
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Cynthia Lummis R-WY
- James Lankford R-OK
- Roger Marshall R-KS
- James Risch R-ID
- Mitt Romney R-UT
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Tommy Tuberville R-AL
- Thom Tillis R-NC
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Roger Wicker R-MS
- Susan Collins R-ME
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Mike Rounds R-SD
- Lindsey Graham R-SC
- Eric Schmitt R-MO
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Pete Ricketts R-NE
- Todd Young R-IN
- Tom Cotton R-AR
- Bill Hagerty R-TN
- Deb Fischer R-NE
- Joe Manchin I-WV
Who scored on this bill
- 1Bill Cassidy SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone, drew cross-party cosponsors, discharged4 events+36
- 2Joe Manchin1 maverick vote; cosponsored2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Bill Cassidy.
Show the full action history (7 actions)
- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5526-5527)
- Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 310.
- Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 310.
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


