Patrick J. Leahy on Climate & Energy

DemocratVT

Climate & Energy204 votes · 68/100 consistent

Climate actionFossil fuel priority

326 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Climate & Energy. 204 of them counted toward the score above: 161 toward “Climate action” and 43 toward “Fossil fuel priority”.

The other 122 did not count: 116 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 6 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.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1976-08-05	TO AMEND S. 3219, BY BANNING THE USE OF AEROSAL CONTAINERS CONTAINING HALOCARBONS AFTER JANUARY 1, 1978 UNLESS IT IS DETERMINED THAT THEIR USE IS NOT HARMFUL TO HEALTH OR PUBLIC WELFARE.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-08-05	TO AMEND S. 3219, BY RETAINING THE NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSION STANDARD OF 0.4 GRAMS PER MILE FOR AUTOMOBILES INSTEAD OF RELAXING STANDARD TO 1.0 GRAMS PER MILE.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-08-05	TO AMEND S. 3219, BY REQUIRING AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURES TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY ESTABLISHED AUTOMOBILE EMISSION STANDARDS IN 1979 RATHER THAN 1980.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-08-04	TO AMEND S. 3219, BY INCLUDING IN CLASS I CATEGORY, WHERE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF POLLUTION IS ALLOWED, THOSE NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN EXCESS OF 10,000 ACRES WHICH ARE MANAGED BY THE NPS.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-08-04	TO AMEND S. 3219, BY MODIFYING THE DEFINITION OF "INCREMENTS" TO ALLOWED INCREASES IN POLLUTION LEVELS TO INCLUDE INCREMENTS IN POLLUTION FROM ALL SOURCES, INCLUDING "NON-MAJOR" ONES.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fossil fuel priority
1976-08-04	TO AMEND S. 3219, BY PROVIDING FOR THE ENACTMENT OF SECTION 6, REQUIRING THE PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY AND ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-08-04	TO AMEND THE RANDOLPH AMENDMENT (SEE R.C. 466) TO S. 3219 BY DELAYING ENACTMENT OF SECTION 6 FOR 1 YEAR DURING WHICH THE COMMISSION ON AIR QUALITY WOULD STUDY THE OVERALL EFFECT OF SUCH A SECTION.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Nay	Climate action
1976-08-03	TO TABLE THE ABOUREZK AMENDMENT TO H.R. 10612. THE ABOUREZK AMENDMENT DELETES THE 12% INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT FOR COAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND SHALE OIL CONVERSION EQUIPMENT.H.R. 10612 · 94th Congress	Nay	Climate action
1976-08-03	TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF S. 391, THE FEDERAL COAL LEASING AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1975.S. 391 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-08-03	TO AMEND S. 3219, BY DELETING SECTION 6 AND DIRECTING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON AIR QUALITY TO CONDUCT A 1-YEAR STUDY OF THE OVERALL EFFECTS OF PREVENTING SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Nay	Climate action
1976-08-03	TO AMEND THE MOSS AMENDMENT (SEE RC 455) TO S. 3219, BY PROVIDING THAT DURING THE PERIOD OF PROPOSED STUDY NOTHING IN THE CLEAN AIR ACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL STANDARDS MORE STRINGENT THAN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Nay	Climate action
1976-07-28	TO AMEND S. 3219, BY ALLOWING AUTO OWNERS TO CHOSE ANY FACILITIES TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS. AMENDMENT DOES NOT JEOPARDIZE THE RIGHTS OF AUTO OWNERS UNDER THE WARRANTY FOR THE AUTOMOBILE.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1976-07-28	TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT FOR THE BAKER AMENDMENT (SEE R.C. 426) TO S. 3219, THE PROPOSED CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1976. THE BENTSEN AMENDMENT REDUCES THE PERFORMANCE WARRANTY ON AUTO EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FROM 5 YEARS OR 50,000 MILES TO 18 MONTHS OR 18,000 MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.S. 3219 · 94th Congress	Nay	Climate action
1976-07-20	TO AGREE TO DIVISION 1 OF AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 10612, WHICH REPEALS A SERIES OF SPECIAL TAX LAWS, INCLUDING BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT, DEFFERAL FOR DISCS AND CAPITAL GAINS TREATMENT FOR COAL, IRON ORE, AND TIMBER, AND LIMITING DEDUCTIONS FOR INTANGIBLE DRILLING EXPENSES.H.R. 10612 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fossil fuel priority
1976-06-30	TO PASS, AS AMENDED, S. 2150.S. 2150 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-06-30	TO AMEND S. 2150, BY REQUIRING A COORDINATED STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A MANDATORY NATIONAL PROGRAM OF DEPOSITS TO ENCOURAGE THE RETURN OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.S. 2150 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1976-06-30	TO AMEND S. 2150, AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977 FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION PROGRAMS, BY ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM NATIONAL SYSTEM REQUIRING A REFUND VALUE ON THE SALE OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.S. 2150 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-06-23	TO AMEND H.R. 14236, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND CERTAIN RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977, BY APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL $16.4 MILLION FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.H.R. 14236 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1976-03-26	TO PASS S. 3149. (SEE RC 102)S. 3149 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1976-03-26	TO AMEND S. 3149 REGULATING COMMERCE AND PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY REQUIRING TESTING AND THE NECESSARY USE RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TOXIC CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES. THE HELMS AMENDMENT DELETES THE "EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION" PROVISION OF THE ACT.S. 3149 · 94th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1975-12-05	TO AMEND H.R. 8122, FISCAL 1976 APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS AND RELATED ACTIVITES BY INCREASING FUNDS FOR SOLAR ENERGY.H.R. 8122 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1975-11-12	TO PASS H.R. 8841, A BILL TO EXTEND FOR 2 YEARS THE AUTHORITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO REGULATE PESTICIDES AND RELATED CHEMICALS.H.R. 8841 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-07-31	TO AMEND H.R. 3474 BY INCREASING FROM $120.5 MILLION TO $201.8 MILLION AUTHORIZATIONS FOR SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.H.R. 3474 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action
1975-07-31	TO PASS S. 391, THE FEDERAL COAL LEASING AMENDMENTS OF 1975.S. 391 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-07-31	TO SUSTAIN THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THAT MOSS AMENDMENT TO S. 391, PROPOSED FEDERAL COAL LEASING AMENDMENTS OF 1975, WAS NON-GERMANE. THE MOSS AMENDMENT ADDED A NEW TITLE III, COAL MINING TECHNOLOGY AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT ACT.S. 391 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-03-11	TO AMEND S. 7, PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS, BY WITHDRAWING FROM ALL FORMS OF SURFACE MINING ANY FEDERAL COAL DEPOSITS WHERE THE SURFACE IS OWNED BY ANOTHER PARTY.S. 7 · 94th Congress	Yea	Climate action

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.