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House Roll Call 585, 104th Congress · July 28, 1995

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE STOKES AMENDMENT THAT STRIKES LANGUAGE THAT PROHIBITS OR LIMITS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S ABILITY TO PROMULGATE, ENFORCE, IMPLEMENT, OR TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS AUTHORIZED UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, INCLUDING THE CLEAN AIR ACT, CLEAN WATER ACT, AND FOOD SAFETY LAWS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

212 yea · 206 nayAgreed to16 not voting or present
Democrat160 yea · 27 nay
Republican51 yea · 179 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2099 ↗

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996

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.

  • Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Climate action”

    model(0.95): A yes vote protects EPA's authority to enforce environmental regulations like the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts.

    Tagged by: keyword:clean air act

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This vote is a regulatory policy debate over EPA enforcement powers, not direct spending.

    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 (212)

Nay (206)

Not voting or present (16)

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