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1972 Scorecard Vote
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40
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Issues
Nuclear Reactor Temporary Operating License Act (HR 14655). The vote is on the Schweiker amendment to allow the states to set stricter radiation standards for nuclear power plants than those set by the Atomic Energy Commission. (The states could not allow anything weaker than the federal standards.) The White House took no position on this amendment. (Rejected 36-41. May 17, 1972. “Yes” is the correct vote.)
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