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Senate Roll Call 353, 95th Congress · September 8, 1977

TO TABLE THE HANSEN AMENDMENT #836 TO S. 977. THE HANSEN AMENDMENT STRIKES FROM THE CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1977 THE SECTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO REQUIRE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL COAL BURNERS TO UTILIZE LOCAL AND REGIONAL COAL SUPPLIES.

44 yea · 47 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 17 nay
Republican5 yea · 29 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 977

A bill to require that new and, to the extent practicable, existing electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations, in categories to be determined, utilize other than natural gas or petroleum as their primary energy source in compliance with applicable environmental requirements.

Policy area: Energy — 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(0.80): Tabling an amendment to strike Clean Air Act provisions preserves environmental regulation.

    Tagged by: keyword:clean air act,coal

    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 (46)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (7)

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