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House Roll Call 591, 104th Congress · July 31, 1995

(ON A DEMAND FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, HOUSE REJECTED THE STOKES AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE THAT PROHIBITS OR LIMITS EPA'S ABILITY TO PROMULGATE, ENFORCE, IMPLEMENT, OR TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS AUTHORIZED UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND FOOD SAFETY LAWS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

210 yea · 210 nayFailed14 not voting or present
Democrat159 yea · 28 nay
Republican50 yea · 182 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 strikes prohibitions on EPA's ability to enforce environmental regulations.

    Tagged by: keyword:epa

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A rider prohibiting EPA regulatory action is a policy fight, making fiscal impact incidental.

    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 (210)

Nay (210)

Not voting or present (14)

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