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House vote: H.R. 2965 // December 3, 2025

Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025

Sponsor: Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure the annual small business regulatory budget for the SBA in each fiscal year is no greater than zero. The small business regulatory budget is the cost to a small business of a federal rulemaking, including the cost resulting from the issuance of any new rule and the cost resulting from the modification or repeal of an existing rule.

Commerce Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

223 votes, representing 138,157,824 people51.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

190 votes, representing 114,633,083 people43.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22351.8%
NayLost19043.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%