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Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

House vote · H.R. 7688 · On Passage · May 19, 2022Capitalism

Would have let the President declare an energy emergency and made it unlawful to sell fuel at a price judged to be unconscionably excessive.

Liberty position: Nay
The House voted: 217 Yea, 207 Nay
Why Nay is the liberty side: A no vote opposed a federal price control on fuel.

Counted under the measure Free markets.

The bill on Congress.gov The official roll call

The count

292 current members of Congress were in the House for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side: 143; 141 Republicans, 2 Democrats
Against the liberty side: 144; 144 Democrats
Not counted: 5; 5 Republicans

On the liberty side

143 current members voted Nay.

Against the liberty side

144 current members voted Yea.

Not counted

5 current members missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

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