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Senate Roll Call 295, 111th Congress · September 24, 2009

To ensure that the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (commonly known as the "White House Climate Change Czar") is not directing actions of departments and agencies funded by this Act.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

57 yea · 41 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat54 yea · 2 nay
Republican1 yea · 39 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2996 ↗

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

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(0.95): Tabling an amendment restricting the climate advisor allows climate policy actions to proceed.

    Tagged by: keyword:climate change

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A policy fight over executive advisors where fiscal 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 (57)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (1)

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