House Roll Call 1258, 96th Congress · December 3, 1980

TO AMEND H.R. 8378, NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY, BY PERMITTING A STATE REVIEW BOARD TO DISAPPROVE THE LOCATION OF A WASTE REPOSITORY UNLESS BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS VOTED TO OVERRIDE THAT DISAPPOVAL WITHIN 90 DAYS. (MOTION FAILED)

161 yea · 218 nay35 not voting or present

Democrat119 yea · 117 nay

Republican51 yea · 107 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8378 ↗

Nuclear Waste Policy 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 & EnergyDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) State veto power over nuclear waste sites involves federalism and nuclear regulation, not directly climate action.
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 (171)

Nay (226)

Not voting or present (35)

Thomas Ludlow AshleyDid not vote
Alvin James BaldusDid not vote
Edward Peter BeardDid not vote
William Hill BonerDid not vote
David Reece BowenDid not vote
John Joseph CavanaughDid not vote
Christopher J. DoddDid not vote
Robert Blackford DuncanDid not vote
Glenn Lee English Jr.Did not vote
William David FordDid not vote
Jonas Frost IIIDid not vote
Phil GrammDid not vote
Tony P. HallDid not vote
Kent Ronald HanceDid not vote
Andrew Poysell IrelandDid not vote
John Wilson Jenrette Jr.Did not vote
James Paul JohnsonDid not vote
James Marvin LeathDid not vote
Marvin Dawson MathisDid not vote
James Albon MattoxDid not vote
Robert Cameron McEwenDid not vote
Koln Gunn McKayDid not vote
William Singer MoorheadDid not vote
Stephen Lybrook NealDid not vote
Lucien Norbert NedziDid not vote
John Jacob RhodesDid not vote
Patricia Scott SchroederDid not vote
Gerald Brooks Hunt SolomonDid not vote
Gladys Noon SpellmanDid not vote
Fortney Pete StarkDid not vote
Thomas Jefferson SteedDid not vote
Frank Thompson Jr.Did not vote
Charles Herbert WilsonDid not vote
Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr.Did not vote
Sidney Richard YatesDid not vote

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