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House roll call 727 · 97th Congress · Nov 30, 1982

To amend H.R. 3809 to require the secretary to set population guidelines that disqualify candidate surface repository sites in highly populated areas. (motion

On Nov 30, 1982, the House voted 109–293 (HR 3809). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 100–120, Republicans 8–173, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 108 members voted against their own party.

During the 97th Congress (1981–1982), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes
109
No
293
Did not vote
40
Date
Nov 30, 1982

By party

  • Republicans8 yes · 173 no · 14 didn’t vote
  • Democrats100 yes · 120 no · 26 didn’t vote
  • Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

And 28 more.

The bill

H.R. 3809: A bill to provide for repositories for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, and spent nuclear fuel, to amend provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 relating to low-level waste, to modify the Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and certain other provisions pertaining to facility licensing and safety, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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