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House Roll Call 277, 105th Congress · July 16, 1997

VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations — (HOUSE REJECTED THE KENNEDY OF MASSACHUSETTS MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH WITH AMENDMENTS THAT INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY GRANTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, AND HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

193 yea · 235 nayFailed6 not voting or present
Democrat189 yea · 13 nay
Republican3 yea · 222 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2158 ↗

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998

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): Motion instructs the committee to increase funding for housing and grant programs.

    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 (193)

Nay (235)

Not voting or present (6)

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