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Senate Roll Call 54, 112th Congress · April 6, 2011

To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

50 yea · 50 nayAmendment Rejected
Democrat3 yea · 47 nay
Republican46 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 493

SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011

Policy area: Commerce — 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 “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting EPA climate regulations prioritizes fossil fuel energy over climate action.

    Tagged by: keyword:climate change,greenhouse gas

    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.

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