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Senate Roll Call 466, 99th Congress · April 30, 1986

TO TABLE THE LAUTENBERG, NJ) AMENDMENT TO S CON RES 120, BUDGET RESOLUTION. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD RAISE TOTAL 1987 BUDGET AUTHORITY BY $350 MILLION; LOWER OUTLAYS BY $70 MILLION; CUT THE 1987 DEFICIT BY $70 MILLION; REDUCE EXPENDITURES FOR URANIUM ENRICHMENT BY $108 MILLION; CUT (CONTINUED) BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS FOR INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE FEDERAL DEBT BY $3 MILLION; AND ADD $353 MILLION TO BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS AND $41 MILLION TO OUTLAYS FOR THE PURPOSES OF REINSTATING FUNDING FOR THE SUPERFUND HAZARDOUS-WASTE CLEANUP PROGRAM AT THE LEVEL SPECIFIED IN S 51, THE SENATE VERSION OF THE SUPERFUND REAUTHORIZATION, AND AUGMENTING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

54 yea · 44 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat18 yea · 30 nay
Republican36 yea · 15 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 51

Superfund Improvement Act 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 “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment increasing Superfund and EPA environmental funding blocks environmental protection action.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The amendment increases budget authority while simultaneously reducing outlays and deficits.

    Tagged by: keyword:budget resolution

    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 (54)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (1)

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