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House Roll Call 407, 99th Congress · December 10, 1985

AN AMENDMENT TO H R 2817 THAT ALLOWS PERSONS HARMED BY THE RELEASE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES TO BRING LAWSUITS AGAINST THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES IN FEDERAL COURT. (MOTION FAILED)

162 yea · 261 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat140 yea · 100 nay
Republican21 yea · 160 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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): Allows victims of toxic exposure to sue polluters in federal court.

    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 (163)

Nay (261)

Not voting or present (10)

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