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House Roll Call 157, 105th Congress · June 4, 1997

H.R.1757 BY GILMAN (R-NY) -- APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR FY 1998 AND FY 1999, AUTHORIZATION (HOUSE AGREED TO THE DIAZ-BALART AMENDMENT TO THE SKAGGS AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES THE PRESIDENT TO CERTIFY THAT CONTINUED FUNDING FOR TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA IS NOT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

271 yea · 155 nayAgreed to8 not voting or present
Democrat65 yea · 133 nay
Republican206 yea · 21 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1757 ↗

Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1997

Policy area: International Affairs — 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) This is a foreign policy rider conditioning broadcast funds on presidential certification.

    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 (271)

Nay (155)

Not voting or present (8)

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