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Senate Roll Call 341, 97th Congress · October 29, 1981

TO AMEND S.1503 TO PROVIDE THAT AUTHORITY OF THE ACT SHALL NOT BE USED TO IMPOSE OR IMPLEMENT ANY TAX, TARIFF, OR USER FEE; THAT THE PRESIDENT MAY INVOKE A RATIONING PLAN FOR GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL PROVIDED THAT THE BURDEN OF REDUCED SUPPLIES OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL BE SHARED IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER AND THAT THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF SUCH A RATIONING PLAN BE MINIMIZED, AND THAT SUCH A PLAN SHOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE TO RESPOND TO CHANGED CONDITIONS AND SUFFICIENTLY SIMPLE TO BE EFFECTIVELY ADMINISTERED AND ENFORCED. (MOTION FAILED). SEE NOTE(S) 14

22 yea · 73 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat19 yea · 28 nay
Republican3 yea · 46 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1503

Standby Petroleum Allocation Act of 1981

Policy area: Energy — 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.

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Domestic emergency fuel rationing authority does not align with the international trade axis.

    Tagged by: keyword:tariff

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

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

Yea (22)

Nay (75)

Not voting or present (3)

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