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House Roll Call 232, 96th Congress · June 18, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 4388, AN ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL, BY PROHIBITING THE NRC FROM ISSUING AN OPERATING LICENSE TO A NUCLEAR PLANT IN A STATE WHICH HAS NOT SUBMITTED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN TO THE COMMISSION. (MOTION FAILED)

147 yea · 235 nay36 not voting or present
Democrat125 yea · 120 nay
Republican29 yea · 121 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4388

Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1980

Policy area: Economics and Public 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This is a regulatory policy rider prohibiting operating licenses.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (155)

Nay (243)

Not voting or present (36)

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