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House Roll Call 81, 102nd Congress · May 9, 1991

DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN AND AROUND IRAQ FOR FY 1991 — H.R.2251 BY WHITTEN (D-MS) -- DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND/OR INTEREST FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN AND AROUND IRAQ AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT INVASION OF KUWAIT AND FOR PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER URGENT NEEDS ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-55, APPROVED 6/13/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 2251, MAKING DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND/OR INTEREST FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN AND AROUND IRAQ AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT INVASION OF KUWAIT AND FOR PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER URGENT NEEDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1991.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

384 yea · 25 nayPassed21 not voting or present
Democrat238 yea · 9 nay
Republican143 yea · 16 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2251

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations from Contributions of Foreign Governments and/or Interest for Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees and Displaced Persons In and Around Iraq as a Result of the Recent Invasion of Kuwait and for Peacekeeping Activities 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 expansion”

    model(0.95): Passes emergency supplemental appropriations, increasing spending.

    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 (384)

Nay (25)

Not voting or present (21)

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