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House Roll Call 1844, 110th Congress · September 29, 2008

To prohibit the sale, distribution,transfer, and export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

393 yea · 5 nayPassed35 not voting or present
Democrat223 yea · 0 nay
Republican170 yea · 5 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 906

Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008

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 (0.80) Prohibiting mercury export regulates hazardous chemicals rather than climate or fossil fuel policy.

    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 (393)

Nay (5)

Not voting or present (35)

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