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House Roll Call 522, 104th Congress · July 19, 1995

H.R.1976 BY SKEEN (R-NM) -- AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE SKEEN AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER BY THE RULE THAT STRIKES THE RESTRICTIONS ON ENROLLMENTS OF LAND IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM AND WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM, THE $800 MILLION CAP ON EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM EXPENDITURES, AND LANGUAGE BARRING LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE DISASTER PAYMENTS IN CASES WHERE CROP INSURANCE WAS AVAILABLE TO THE PRODUCER; REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION FOR CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY SALARIES AND EXPENSES BY $17.5 MILLION; ELIMINATING THE GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM; REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION FOR LOW-INCOME RURAL HOUSING DIRECT LOANS BY $400 MILLION AND INCREASING THE GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM BY $200 MILLION; ELIMINATING THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT; AND REDUCING THE OVERALL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS AND FOR RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS AND LOANS BY $127 MILLION.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

240 yea · 173 nayAgreed to21 not voting or present
Democrat21 yea · 162 nay
Republican219 yea · 10 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1976

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996

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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The amendment both removes spending caps and cuts other appropriations.

    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 (240)

Nay (173)

Not voting or present (21)

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