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Senate Roll Call 191, 102nd Congress · September 13, 1991

To place a moratorium on the patenting of mining claims under the general mining laws. — (SENATE TABLED THE BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 1128, TO PLACE A MORATORIUM ON THE PATENTING OF MINING CLAIMS UNDER THE GENERAL MINING LAWS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

47 yea · 46 nayMotion to Table Agreed to7 not voting or present
Democrat14 yea · 38 nay
Republican33 yea · 6 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2686

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A moratorium on mining patents is a public land policy decision with incidental budget impact.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (47)

Nay (46)

Not voting or present (7)

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