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House Roll Call 1173, 96th Congress · September 19, 1980

TO AMEND H.R. 85, PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL SPILL DAMAGE AND REMOVAL COSTS, BY MAKING THE U.S. DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE CAMPECHE BAY, MEXICO, OIL SPILL ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION BY THE OIL SPILL TRUST FUND. (MOTION FAILED)

43 yea · 264 nay121 not voting or present
Democrat31 yea · 159 nay
Republican12 yea · 107 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 85

Comprehensive Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Liability and Compensation Act

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 “Climate action”

    model(0.85): Expands trust fund coverage to compensate oil spill damages, advancing environmental accountability.

    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 (43)

Nay (268)

Not voting or present (121)

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