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House Roll Call 957, 105th Congress · July 23, 1998

(HOUSE REJECTED THE WAXMAN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO SPECIFY THAT ANY LIMITATION ON FUNDS TO THE EPA OR THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO REGULATORY DETERMINATIONS FOR MERCURY EMISSIONS, DREDGING AS A REMEDIATION TOOL, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION ACT, REGIONAL HAZE PROGRAM, OR CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES LICENSED BY THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

176 yea · 243 nayFailed16 not voting or present
Democrat149 yea · 44 nay
Republican26 yea · 199 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4194 ↗

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999

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(0.85): A yes vote protects EPA's ability to regulate mercury emissions and regional haze.

    Tagged by: keyword:epa

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This is a regulatory policy debate where overall spending impact is 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 (176)

Nay (243)

Not voting or present (16)

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