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Senate Roll Call 114, 103rd Congress · May 4, 1993

An Act to establish the Department of Environmental Protection, provide for a Bureau of Environmental Statistics and a Presidential Commission on Improving Environmental Protection, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED S. 171, TO ESTABLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND PROVIDE FOR A BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS AND A PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

79 yea · 15 nayBill Passed6 not voting or present
Democrat51 yea · 1 nay
Republican26 yea · 14 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 171

Department of Environmental Protection Act of 1993

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 (0.75) Creating a Department of Environmental Protection is broad environmental organization, not specifically climate vs fossil fuels.

    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 (79)

Nay (15)

Not voting or present (6)

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