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Senate Roll Call 285, 95th Congress · July 14, 1977

TO AMEND S. 9, THE BILL TO ESTABLISH A POLICY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF, BY OFFICIALLY MANDATING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CONTRACT FOR EXPLORATORY DRILLING WHEN MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION REGARDING THE RESOURCES OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF IS NEEDED FOR THE LEASING OF THE LANDS.

52 yea · 46 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 14 nay
Republican6 yea · 32 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 9

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978

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 & EnergyA yea counts toward “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.85): Mandating federal exploration to facilitate offshore drilling prioritizes fossil fuel production.

    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 (52)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (1)

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