House Roll Call 544, 105th Congress · October 30, 1997

H.R.1270 BY UPTON (R-MI) -- NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE REJECTED THE ENSIGN AMENDMENT, DEBATED ON OCTOBER 29, THAT SOUGHT TO ENSURE THAT A RISK ASSESSMENT STUDY AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS ARE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO ACTION BEING TAKEN UNDER THE ACT. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

135 yea · 290 nayFailed7 not voting or present

Democrat101 yea · 101 nay

Republican34 yea · 188 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1270 ↗

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997

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 (0.85) Concerns risk assessment studies for nuclear waste storage, not fossil fuels or climate action.
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 (135)

Nay (290)

Not voting or present (7)

Barbara L. CubinDid not vote
Henry Barbosa GonzálezDid not vote
Steven Harvey SchiffDid not vote
William J. TauzinDid not vote
Wes WatkinsDid not vote
David J. Weldon Jr.Did not vote
W. Curtis WeldonDid not vote

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