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House Roll Call 829, 98th Congress · August 10, 1984

TO AMEND H.R. 5640, A BILL AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980. THE LEVITAS AMENDMENT PROVIDES AN ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISM TO PROVIDE FOR COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE EXPOSURE AND IT SETS ASIDE 12 PERCENT OF THE SUPERFUND FOR SUCH PURPOSE. (MOTION FAILED)

159 yea · 200 nay72 not voting or present
Democrat137 yea · 80 nay
Republican22 yea · 119 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5640

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act 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 “Climate action”

    model(0.85): Establishes a victim compensation mechanism and sets aside Superfund funds, supporting climate/environmental action.

    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 (160)

Nay (200)

Not voting or present (72)

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