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House Roll Call 404, 98th Congress · October 31, 1983

TO AGREE TO A JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2867, A BILL AMENDING THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 1984 THROUGH 1986. THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT STRIKES PROVISIONS EMPOWERING EPA TO LITIGATE CASES IF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FAILS TO ACT WITHIN 150 DAYS. (MOTION PASSED)

215 yea · 165 nay45 not voting or present
Democrat87 yea · 142 nay
Republican131 yea · 26 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2867

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984

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(0.85): Strikes EPA litigation authority, weakening environmental regulation enforcement.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Vote concerns EPA litigation power rather than fiscal or spending policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (219)

Nay (169)

Not voting or present (45)

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