Senate Roll Call 467, 104th Congress · September 27, 1995

To provide that any provision that limits implementation or enforcement of any environmental law shall not apply if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that application of the prohibition or limitation would diminsh the protection of human health or the environment otherwise provided by law. — (SENATE REJECTED BAUCUS AMENDMENT NO. 2786, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PROVISION THAT LIMITS IMPLEMENTATION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SHALL NOT APPLY IF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DETERMINES THAT APPLICATION OF THE PROHIBITION OR LIMITATION WOULD DIMINISH THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

39 yea · 61 nayAmendment Rejected

Democrat33 yea · 13 nay

Republican4 yea · 48 nay

Independent2 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.

Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) The amendment concerns environmental regulation enforcement rather than spending or budget authority.
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 (39)

Nay (61)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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