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Senate Roll Call 163, 101st Congress · August 3, 1989

To require double hulls on new tankers operating in U.S. waters. — TO TABLE THE ADAMS (D, WA) AMENDMENT TO S 686, OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION ACT, TO MAKE IT NECESSARY FOR NEW TANKERS TO HAVE DOUBLE HULLS.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

51 yea · 48 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat15 yea · 39 nay
Republican35 yea · 8 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 686 ↗

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1989

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 & EnergyA yea counts toward “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.95): Tabling kills a double-hull requirement for oil tankers, opposing environmental protections.

    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 (51)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (1)

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