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Senate Roll Call 584, 97th Congress · April 29, 1982

TO TABLE THE CANNON AMENDMENT TO S. 1662 TO STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF AFFECTED STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES IN THE LOCATION OF STORAGE SITES FOR NUCLEAR WASTE WITHIN SUCH STATES OR INDIAN LANDS. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 29

52 yea · 40 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat19 yea · 24 nay
Republican35 yea · 15 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1662

National Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

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 & EnergyDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) State/tribal roles in nuclear waste repository siting do not map cleanly to the climate axis.

    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 (54)

Nay (40)

Not voting or present (6)

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