House Roll Call 1259, 96th Congress · December 3, 1980

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 7020, HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINMENT. (MOTION PASSED; 2/3 REQUIRED)

274 yea · 94 nay52 not voting or present

Democrat195 yea · 34 nay

Republican84 yea · 64 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7020 ↗

An act to provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment and the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.

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(0.90): Passing hazardous waste containment legislation promotes environmental regulation and cleanup.
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 (282)

Nay (98)

Not voting or present (52)

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