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Senate Roll Call 356, 95th Congress · September 8, 1977

TO PASS H.R. 5146, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF BOBSLEDS, AFTER AMENDING IT BY INSERTING THE TEXT OF S. 977, AND THE SECTION OF H.R. 8444, PROPOSED ENERGY TAX ACT OF 1977, THAT DEALS WITH THE CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS AND OIL TO COAL.

74 yea · 8 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat55 yea · 3 nay
Republican22 yea · 5 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5146

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International 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 “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.85): Inserting energy provisions encouraging coal conversion prioritizes fossil fuels.

    Tagged by: keyword:coal

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Free trade”

    model(0.90): Providing duty-free entry eliminates tariffs and promotes free trade.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (78)

Nay (8)

Not voting or present (14)

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