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House Roll Call 405, 99th Congress · December 10, 1985

AN AMENDMENT TO H R 2817, THE SUPERFUND REAUTHORIZATION BILL FOR FISCAL 1986-90, WHICH MODIFIES THAT BILL TO DISPENSE WITH THE VALUE-ADDED TAX; TO AUTHORIZE TAX INCREASES ON CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS, CRUDE OIL, HAZARDOUS WASTE, GASOLINE, AND CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES; AND TO CREATE A TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR IMPOSING AN ENVIRONMENTAL SURCHARGE TAX ON CORPORATIONS AFTER A 3-YEAR PERIOD UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. (MOTION FAILED)

74 yea · 349 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 240 nay
Republican72 yea · 107 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2817

Superfund Amendments of 1985

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(0.90): Imposes taxes on crude oil, chemical feedstocks, and waste to fund cleanup.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Financial RegulationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Concerns environmental taxes and cleanup funding, not financial market regulation.

    Tagged by: keyword:derivatives

    Axis: Regulate ← → Deregulate

Who voted which way

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

Yea (74)

Nay (350)

Not voting or present (10)

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