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Senate Roll Call 985, 96th Congress · November 20, 1980

TO TABLE BYRD MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 1480, FISCAL 1981-1986 FUNDING AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE AND ADEQUATE TREATMENT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. (MOTION FAILED)

29 yea · 50 nay21 not voting or present
Democrat3 yea · 43 nay
Republican26 yea · 6 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1480

Hazardous Substance Response Revenue Act of 1980

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 “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.90): Tabling the motion blocks consideration of environmental legislation for hazardous waste treatment.

    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 (29)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (21)

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