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House Roll Call 332, 105th Congress · July 28, 1997

Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY 1998 — (HOUSE REJECTED THE GEJDENSON MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH AN AMENDMENT TO ENSURE THAT ALL FUNDS IN THE BILL TO SUPPORT THE RESERVE FUND PROVIDING FOR THE HIRING OF ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE STAFF AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 5(A) OF RULE XI ARE DELETED.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

198 yea · 220 nayFailed16 not voting or present
Democrat192 yea · 1 nay
Republican5 yea · 219 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2209 ↗

Legislative Branch 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 restraint”

    model(0.95): The instructions delete funds for additional committee staff, representing fiscal restraint.

    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 (198)

Nay (220)

Not voting or present (16)

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