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Senate Roll Call 390, 96th Congress · November 7, 1979

TO TABLE TSONGAS SUBSTITUTE TO JOHNSTON AMENDMENT TO S. 932. THE JOHNSTON AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE TIME FOR THE FIRST PHASE FROM 3 TO 5 YEARS AND SETS THE 1 1/2 MILLION BARRELS A DAY EQUIVALENCE AND $88 BILLION AS GOALS FOR THE TOTAL PROGRAM. THE TSONGAS SUBSTITUTE WOULD PROVIDE $14 BILLION FOR SYNTHETIC FUEL PRODUCTION. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 20

55 yea · 37 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat39 yea · 16 nay
Republican17 yea · 22 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 932

Energy Security Act

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Tabling a synthetic fuel funding substitute relates to energy policy, not military expansion or restraint.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (56)

Nay (39)

Not voting or present (5)

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