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House Roll Call 548, 105th Congress · October 30, 1997

(HOUSE REJECTED THE GIBBONS AMENDMENT, DEBATED ON OCTOBER 29, THAT SOUGHT TO DELETE THE 1 MILL CAP AND GIVE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY THE AUTHORITY TO ASSESS A FEE ON THE EXISTING REACTORS. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

67 yea · 357 nayFailed8 not voting or present
Democrat57 yea · 144 nay
Republican10 yea · 212 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 nuclear reactor fee assessments, not moving along the fossil fuel vs. climate action axis.

    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 (67)

Nay (357)

Not voting or present (8)

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