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Roll Call 9.
(S. 1) On an amendment to give power plants an exemption from the Clean Air Act to burn coal waste that remained after previous mining activities
Jan 21, 2015.
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Roll Call 139.
(S.J.Res. 37) On a motion to bring up for consideration legislation overriding new Obama Administration regulations that require coal-fired power plants to cut back on their emissions of toxic pollutants such as mercury
Jun 20, 2012.
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Roll Call 30.
(S. 1813) On an amendment to require the Environmental Protection Agency to delay and rewrite its rules governing pollution from boilers and other industrial incinerators
Mar 08, 2012.
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All votes listed below this point were cast while this member served in the House of
Representatives prior to becoming a senator. These House votes are not included in our
calculation of either the member's Crucial Lifetime Progressive score or Overall Lifetime
Progressive score in this category; those scores are based only on the votes the member
has taken while serving in the Senate.
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Roll Call 616.
(H.R. 6495) Final passage of mine safety legislation that would have required additional inspections of mines, given federal regulators the authority to seek court orders to close mines deemed to be dangerous, and offered legal protection to mine employees who expose unsafe working conditions
Dec 08, 2010.
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Roll Call 288.
(H. Res. 1363) On a resolution granting the Education and Labor Committee the authority to take depositions relating to its investigation of a mine explosion on April 5, 2010 in West Virginia – On bringing the resolution to a final vote
May 20, 2010.
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Roll Call 477.
(H.R. 2454) On passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which contained the new cap and trade program; that program mandated significantly reduced emission levels, and permitted higher emitting companies to purchase pollution credits from lower emitters.
Jun 26, 2009.
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Roll Call 476.
(H.R. 2454) On the Forbes of Virginia amendment to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; the amendment called for a public-private commission to develop a national energy plan and set seven energy independence goals.
Jun 26, 2009.
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Roll Call 466.
(H. Res. 587) A major energy bill containing the “cap-and-trade” plan, which permits ccompanies emitting higher pollution levels than the law would ordinarily allow to continue those emissions by purchasing pollution “credits” from entities emitting lower levels - -on the resolution setting the terms for debate of the bill
Jun 26, 2009.
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Roll Call 465.
(H. Res. 587) A major energy bill containing the “cap-and-trade” plan, which permits ccompanies emitting higher pollution levels than the law would ordinarily allow to continue those emissions by purchasing pollution “credits” from entities emitting lower levels - -on whether the House should move to an immediate vote on the resolution setting the terms for debate of the bill
Jun 26, 2009.
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Roll Call 256.
Providing new grant programs for early-career scientists and engineers (H.R. 363)/Motion to recommit with instructions to add language giving priority to grants to expand domestic energy production and coal-to-liquid technology
Apr 24, 2007.
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Roll Call 353.
H.R. 2660. Fiscal 2004 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations/Vote on Final Passage of a Bill Which Fails to Fully-Fund Public Education and Weakens Labor Protections.
Jul 10, 2003.
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Roll Call 349.
H.R. 2660. Fiscal 2004 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations/Vote to Protect the Health of Miners By Eliminating a Provision in Bill Which Would Allow Greater Concentrations of Cancerous Coal Dust in Mine Shafts.
Jul 10, 2003.
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Roll Call 143.
H.R. 6. Energy Plan/Vote to Prevent Coal Producers From Seizing Unlimited Amounts of Federal Land.
Apr 11, 2003.
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