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Senate Roll Call 514, 103rd Congress · May 18, 1994

To exempt contracts entered into by the the United States or the District of Columbia for construction, alteration, or repair work that is performed in disadvantaged communities and that is necessary to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act from the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act. — (SENATE REJECTED SIMPSON AMENDMENT NO. 1730, TO EXEMPT CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE UNITED STATES OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, OR REPAIR WORK THAT IS PERFORMED IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND THAT IS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DAVIS-BACON ACT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

45 yea · 53 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat7 yea · 46 nay
Republican38 yea · 5 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2019 ↗

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1994

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) Davis-Bacon wage requirement exemptions concern labor policy, not climate or energy.

    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 (45)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (2)

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