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← Lincoln D. Chafee

Lincoln D. Chafee on Climate & Energy

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Climate & Energy10 votes · 73.3/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority

16 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Climate & Energy. 10 of them counted toward the score above: 8 toward “Climate action” and 2 toward “Fossil fuel priority”.

The other 6 did not count: 6 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2006-03-14To make energy more affordable and sustainable, to increase our national security through foreign oil replacement with biofuels and alternative fuels and advanced/hybrid vehicle use, to accelerate production and market penetration of clean and renewable energy technologies and generation, and to more fully utilize energy efficiency and conservation technologies and practices.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaClimate action
2005-09-13A joint resolution disapproving a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act.S.J.Res. 20 · 109th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaClimate action
2005-09-12A joint resolution disapproving a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act.S.J.Res. 20 · 109th Congress · On the MotionYeaClimate action
2005-06-22To express the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to address global climate change through comprehensive and cost-effective national measures and through the negotiation of fair and binding international commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.H.R. 6 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-06-22To express the sense of the Senate on climate change legislation.H.R. 6 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2005-06-22To provide for a program to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.H.R. 6 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaClimate action
2005-06-21To provide for the conduct of activities that promote the adoption of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas intensity in the United States and in developing countries and to provide credit-based financial assistance and investment protection for projects that employ advanced climate technologies or systems in the United States.H.R. 6 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFossil fuel priority
2003-10-30To provide for a program of scientific research on abrupt climate change, to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances.S. 139 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaClimate action
2002-04-24To modify the definitions of biomass and renewable energy to exclude municipal solid waste.S. 517 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayClimate action
2001-04-25A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response programs, and for other purposes.S. 350 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaClimate action
2001-04-05To increase natural resources, environment, energy and other spending to ensure full funding of the Land Conservation, Preservation, and Infrastructure Improvement Program; to help preserve the core operating budgets of the major environmental agencies to provide appropriate funding for activities related to enforcement of environmental statutes and setting of standards that protect natural resources and the public's health; to address contaminated brownfield sites and urban sprawl and promote smart growth; to save wildlife habitat and endangered species; and to address water quality and infrastructure, global climate change, and energy security, resources and efficiency.H.Con.Res. 83 · 107th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFossil fuel priority
2000-10-12To strike the riders that delay the Environmental Protection Agency's new standard on arsenic in drinking water and that prohibit the designation of nonattainment areas under the Clean Air act.H.R. 4635 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayClimate action
2000-05-02An original bill to provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, and for other purposes.S. 1287 · 106th Congress · On Overriding the VetoNayDirection not readable
2000-02-10An original bill to provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, and for other purposes.S. 1287 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayDirection not readable
2000-02-08To provide a complete substitute.S. 1287 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
1999-11-18To provide for the disposal of excess spoil and coal mine waste.H.J.Res. 82 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Climate action / Fossil fuel priority axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.