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House Roll Call 1098, 105th Congress · October 2, 1998

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 — H.R.4101 BY SKEEN (R-NM) -- AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999 (VETOED OCTOBER 7, 1998) (HOUSE REJECTED THE POMEROY MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO INCREASE THE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO FAMILY FARMERS SUFFERING ECONOMIC LOSS AS A RESULT OF RECORD LOW PRICES, DETERIORATING MARKET CONDITIONS AND/OR NATURAL DISASTERS, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ALMOST 50% DROP IN REAL INCOME THAT HAS OCCURRED IN SOME FARMING SECTORS SINCE 1980; AND TO LIMIT SUCH ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN FARMING.)

Question before the chamber: Recommit the Conference Report with Instructions

156 yea · 236 nayFailed42 not voting or present
Democrat146 yea · 36 nay
Republican9 yea · 200 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4101

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999

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(0.90): Instruction directs the conference committee to increase financial assistance.

    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 (156)

Nay (236)

Not voting or present (42)

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