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House Roll Call 257, 99th Congress · July 31, 1985

THE CONTE AMENDMENT TO THE INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS BILL ELIMINATES $200 MILLION IN FISCAL YEARS 1987 AND 1988 FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY RESERVE. (MOTION FAILED)

98 yea · 317 nay18 not voting or present
Democrat14 yea · 219 nay
Republican84 yea · 95 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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): Eliminating funds for clean coal technology reduces support for fossil fuels, moving toward climate action.

    Tagged by: keyword:coal

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): Eliminating $200 million from appropriations cuts federal spending.

    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 (98)

Nay (317)

Not voting or present (18)

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