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House Roll Call 683, 101st Congress · September 17, 1990

FREE MAILING PRIVILEGES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES PARTICIPATING IN TEMPORARY OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT IN ARDUOUS CIRCUMSTANCES — TO RECOMMIT S 3033, FREE MAILING PRIVILEGES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL, TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE TO PROVIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF MAILING EXPENSES OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS.

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

227 yea · 142 nayPassed56 not voting or present
Democrat72 yea · 137 nay
Republican159 yea · 6 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5611

To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow free mailing privileges to be extended to members of the Armed Forces while engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This instruction deals with an accounting reimbursement mechanism between agencies, not war powers policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Shifting expenses to legislative branch appropriations is an internal fund transfer without net spending expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (232)

Nay (144)

Not voting or present (56)

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