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House Roll Call 809, 100th Congress · September 22, 1988

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H J RES 648, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO PROTECT BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESIDENT TO PURSUE AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON PROTECTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN THE WORLD AND TO REPORT BACK TO CONGRESS IN ONE YEAR ON THE STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS. MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.

398 yea · 0 nay33 not voting or present
Democrat225 yea · 0 nay
Republican171 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 648

A joint resolution to encourage increased international cooperation to protect biological diversity.

Policy area: Environmental Protection — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Climate & EnergyDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Non-binding resolution encouraging international agreement is symbolic floor action.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (398)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (33)

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