The Anti-Environment Record of the 112th House of Representatives
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Last Updated November 14, 2012
Database of Anti-Environment Votes in the 112th Congress
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Democratic Staff
In the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives voted 317 times to block action to address climate change, to halt efforts to reduce air and water pollution, to undermine protections for public lands and coastal areas, and to weaken the protection of the environment in other ways.
Click here for a report released by the Democratic staff of the Energy and Commerce. See below for a searchable database of the anti-environment votes.
Total Anti-Environment Votes Under GOP House Majority in the 112th Congress:
317
Votes targeted at the Environmental Protection Agency: 145
- Votes to block actions that prevent pollution: 137
- Votes targeted at the Department of Energy: 55
- Votes to defund or repeal clean energy initiatives: 57
- Votes to promote offshore drilling: 47
Votes to dismantle the Clean Air Act: 95
- Votes targeted at the Department of the Interior: 81
- Votes to undermine protections for public lands and wilderness: 67
- Votes to block actions that address climate change: 53
- Votes to dismantle the Clean Water Act: 38
| Title | Sponsor | Statutes | Agencies | Description | Vote Date | Action | Result |
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| H.R. 2584 | Dold (R-IL) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Restores some funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and other EPA programs to restore Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, the Chesapeake Bay, and San Francisco Bay. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt.743 |
Defeated 137 - 291 |
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| H.R. 2584 | Scalise (R-LA) | Department of Interior |
Cuts the Secretary of the Interior's budget as a rebuke for alleged slow pace of offshore drilling permit approvals. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt.745 |
Passed 215 - 213 |
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| H.R. 1938 | Terry (R-NE) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Transportation |
Abbreviates the review process for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to limit public participation and inter-agency review; contains congressional findings that misstate the environmental effects of the pipeline. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 279 - 147 |
| H.R. 2584 | Tipton (R-CO) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Cuts funding for EPA environmental programs and management. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H. Amdt. 734 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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| H.R. 1938 | Welch (D-VT) | Department of Transportation |
Recognizes that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would run through the Ogallala Aquifer and could threaten groundwater and drinking water. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 720 |
Defeated 164 - 260 |
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| H.R. 1938 | Rush (D-IL) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes an erroneous statement that the EPA has found the Keystone XL pipeline will not significantly impact greenhouse gas emissions. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 721 |
Defeated 164 - 261 |
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| H.R. 1938 | Eshoo (D-CA) | Department of Transportation |
Requires a review of current pipeline regulations to determine whether they are sufficient to address the properties of tar sands crude oil before a final order on the pipeline is issued. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 722 |
Defeated 163 - 264 |
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| H.R. 1938 | Christensen (D-VI) | National Environmental Policy Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Recognizes that EPA estimates the Keystone XL pipeline will significantly increase carbon pollution from fuel use in the United States Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 723 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
| H.R. 1938 | Cohen (D-TN) | Department of Transportation |
States that the existing Keystone pipeline has spilled 12 times in the United States and 21 times in Canada in less than one year. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 724 |
Defeated 155 - 272 |
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| H.R. 1938 | Rush (D-IL) | Department of Transportation |
Retains the current schedule for issuance of the Keystone XL pipeline permit to allow for adequate public participation. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 726 |
Defeated 161 - 265 |
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| H.R. 1938 | Hanabusa (D-HI) | Department of Transportation |
Requires the developers of the Keystone XL pipeline to demonstrate the capability and technology to respond to a worst-case pipeline spill before issuance of a permit. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 727 |
Defeated 168 - 260 |
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| H.R. 1938 | Johnson (D-GA) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires a study of the health impacts of air pollution from refineries served by the Keystone XL pipeline Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 728 |
Defeated 163 -263 |
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| H.R. 2584 | Cleaver (D-MO) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Restores funding for EPA's urban water initiative, which works with disadvantaged communities to revitalize urban watersheds. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2011 | H.Amdt. 716 |
Defeated 165 - 248 |
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| H.R. 2584 | Richmond (D-LA) | Department of Interior |
Restores funding for the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2011 | H.Amdt. 718 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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| H.R. 2584 | Hochul (D-NY) | Department of Interior |
Reduces funding for DOI processing of drilling permits Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2011 | H.Amdt. 719 |
Defeated 141 - 271 |
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| H.R. 2584 | Moran (D-VA) | Department of Interior |
Restores funding for the Indian Health Service sanitation facilities construction program and reduces funding for BLM oil and gas and grazing management programs Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2011 | H.Amdt.714 |
Defeated 175 - 237 |
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| H.R. 2551 | Moran (D-VA) |
Prohibits the use of Styrofoam (polystyrene) products in food service facilities in the House of Representatives. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/22/2011 | H.Amdt. 712 |
Defeated 179 - 234 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) | Clean Water Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Energy |
Cuts funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs; blocks funding for salmon repopulation in the San Joaquin River; blocks the Army Corps of Engineers from protecting certain streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 219 - 196 |
| H.R. 2354 | Cohen (D-TN) | Department of Energy |
Cuts funding for DOE fossil energy research Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 654 |
Defeated 158 - 264 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Capps (D-CA) | National Environmental Policy Act | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Halts part of the NRC relicensing process for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 664 |
Defeated 152 - 269 |
| H.R. 2354 | Harris (R-MD) | Department of Energy |
Bans the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy funds for any international program Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 675 |
Passed 236 - 185 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Burgess (R-TX) | Department of Energy |
Blocks enforcement of industry-supported light bulb efficiency standards Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 678 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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| H.R. 2354 | Sherman (D-CA) | Department of Energy |
Bans the use of energy efficiency and renewable funds for any project in China Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 684 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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| H.R. 2354 | Matheson (D-UT) | Department of Energy |
Restores funding for DOE environmental cleanups and reduces funding for weapons activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 639 |
Defeated 168 - 257 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Holt (D-NJ) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for DOE science activities and reduces funding for weapons activities Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 641 |
Defeated 164 - 261 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Hastings (R-WA) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks implementation and enforcement of a shoreline management plan developed to protect salmon in the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 657 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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| H.R. 2354 | Hastings (R-WA) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks the use of funds to remediate damage associated with removal of a hydroelectric dam on the White Salmon River. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 661 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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| H.R. 2354 | Denham (R-CA) | Magnuson-Stevens Act | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Eliminates funding for restoration and salmon repopulation in the San Joaquin River. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 666 |
Passed Voice Vote |
| H.R. 2354 | Flores (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act | Department of Energy |
Blocks enforcement of Energy Independence and Security Act provisions that prohibit procurement of alternative fuels that have higher lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuel Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 670 |
Passed Voice Vote |
| H.R. 2354 | Young (R-IN) | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | Department of Energy |
Blocks implementation of the weatherization provisions of the Recovery Act, which made weatherization assistance more accessible Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 671 |
Passed Voice Vote |
| H.R. 2354 | Luetkemeyer (R-MO) | National Environmental Policy Act | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks the Army Corps of Engineers from conducting a study required by statute as part of the Missouri River Recovery Program Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 677 |
Passed Voice Vote |
| H.R. 2018 | Mica (R-FL) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Undermines the Clean Water Act by limiting EPA authority to establish water quality standards for chemicals and other pollutants that harm human health and the environment. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 239 - 184 |
| H.R. 2018 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes all provisions of the bill to weaken Clean Water Act standards. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 628 |
Defeated 167 - 254 |
| H.R. 2018 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Allows the EPA to set water quality standards when a state fails to set adequate standards. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 629 |
Defeated 170 - 252 |
| H.R. 2018 | Capito (R-WV) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires the EPA to analyze the impact of required environmental actions on employment levels and provide public notice and a hearing where impacts on employment or economic activity are found Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 630 |
Passed 268 - 152 |
| H.R. 2018 | Polis (D-CO) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Says that the bill's weakening of clean water standards will not apply to any permit holder that EPA lists as being in significant noncompliance with the law. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 632 |
Defeated 191 - 231 |
| H.R. 2018 | Blumenauer (D-OR) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Says that the bill's weakening of clean water standards will not apply to waterways that provide flood protection, are valuable fish and wildlife habitat, or are coastal recreation areas. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 635 |
Defeated 183 - 237 |
| H.R. 2018 | Carnahan (D-MO) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Says that the bill's weakening of clean water standards will not apply in areas that have previously been declared major disasters due to flooding. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 636 |
Defeated 173 - 247 |
| H.R. 2018 | Connolly (D-VA) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Says that the bill's weakening of clean water standards will not apply to water bodies that receive federal funds for restoration projects. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt.633 |
Defeated 181-240 |
| H.R. 2018 | McNerney (D-CA) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves EPA authority to set water pollution standards and review permits when pollutants are being discharged into waters that are public sources of drinking water. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 188 - 238 |
| H.R. 2354 | Moran (D-VA) | Clean Water Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves the authority of EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to protect streams, tributaries, and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 591 |
Defeated 170 - 250 |
| H.R. 2354 | Markey (D-MA) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 597 |
Defeated 154 - 266 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Connolly (D-VA) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 599 |
Defeated 173 - 249 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Miller (D-NC) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 601 |
Defeated 179 - 244 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Welch (D-VT) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 603 |
Defeated 123 - 200 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Tonko (D-NY) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 605 |
Defeated 149 - 273 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Wu (D-OR) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 607 |
Defeated 196 - 228 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Garamendi (D-CA) | Department of Energy |
Restores funding for Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 612 |
Defeated 145 - 276 |
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| H.R. 2354 | Kaptur (D-OH) | Department of Energy |
Transfers funds to restore some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 595 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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| H.R. 2354 | Harris (R-MD) | Department of Energy |
Reduces funds for cooperative efforts with other nations to promote energy efficiency Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 600 |
Passed Voice Vote |