Resolution to Block Rule Ending Automatic Work Permit Extensions
December 10, 2025
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The Frame
The resolution would restore the automatic extension of work permits for certain immigrants, directly impacting the ability of these individuals to maintain continuous employment while their renewal applications are pending.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Immigrant workers with pending EAD renewals
These individuals are subject to the rule change regarding whether their work authorization is automatically extended while their renewal is processed.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
The agency is responsible for implementing and enforcing the rule that this resolution seeks to nullify.
Last recorded activity December 10, 2025.
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Summary
Why It Matters
The resolution would restore the automatic extension of work permits for certain immigrants, directly impacting the ability of these individuals to maintain continuous employment while their renewal applications are pending.
Key Facts
- S.J. Res. 99 formally disapproves of the USCIS interim final rule titled 'Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents'.
- The resolution invokes the Congressional Review Act (Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code) to nullify the rule.
- If enacted, the rule published on October 30, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 48799) would have no force or effect.
- The resolution was introduced in the Senate on December 10, 2025.
- The resolution has 11 total sponsors, including Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coons, Mr. King, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. Bennet.
- The resolution has been referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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Voting Record
Total
96
Yes
47
No
49
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (96)
Bernie Sanders
I · yes
Pete Ricketts
R · no
Maria Cantwell
D · yes
Katie Britt
R · no
Ashley Moody
R · no
Dan Sullivan
R · no
Elissa Slotkin
D · yes
Catherine Cortez Masto
D · yes
Gary Peters
D · yes
David McCormick
R · no
Chuck Grassley
R · no
Tammy Duckworth
D · yes
Michael Bennet
D · yes
Elizabeth Warren
D · yes
Ron Johnson
R · no
Mark Warner
D · yes
Ben Lujan
D · yes
Jacky Rosen
D · yes
Ron Wyden
D · yes
Raphael Warnock
D · yes
John Reed
D · yes
Mazie Hirono
D · yes
Rick Scott
R · no
Patty Murray
D · yes
+ 72 more
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Congressional use of CRA
The resolution demonstrates the use of the Congressional Review Act to bypass standard rulemaking processes to overturn agency-level policy changes.
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Sources
www.congress.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment20Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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