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House Roll Call 29, 102nd Congress · March 7, 1991

H.R.1281 BY WHITTEN (D-MS) -- DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSEQUENCES OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, FOOD STAMPS, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION, VETERANS COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS, AND OTHER URGENT NEEDS ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-27, APPROVED 4/10/91) (HOUSE REJECTED THE VALENTINE AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO DELETE A $650,000,000 APPROPRIATION FOR ISRAEL TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS RESULTING FROM THE CONFLICT IN THE PERSIAN GULF.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

24 yea · 397 nayFailed12 not voting or present
Democrat13 yea · 237 nay
Republican11 yea · 157 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1281 ↗

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, Veterans Compensation and Pensions, and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote adopts an amendment deleting a $650 million spending appropriation.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (24)

Nay (397)

Not voting or present (12)

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