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Senate Roll Call 40, 105th Congress · April 15, 1997

To provide for the case in which the Yucca Mountain site proves to be unsuitable or cannot be licensed and to strike the automatic default to a site in Nevada. — (SENATE REJECTED BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 31 TO AMENDMENT NO. 26, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CASE IN WHICH THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE PROVES TO BE UNSUITABLE OR CANNOT BE LICENSED AND TO STRIKE THE AUTOMATIC DEFAULT TO A SITE IN NEVADA.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

59 yea · 39 nayMotion to Table Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 36 nay
Republican50 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 104 ↗

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) Nuclear waste site location rules do not directly align with fossil fuels vs 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 (59)

Nay (39)

Not voting or present (2)

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