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House Roll Call 437, 105th Congress · September 25, 1997

H.R.2267 BY ROGERS (R-KY) -- DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE HYDE AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS ANY DEFENDANT WHO PREVAILS IN A FEDERAL PROSECUTION AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER ATTORNEY FEES UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES THAT IT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY JUSTIFIED IN INITIATING AND PROSECUTING THE CASE .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

340 yea · 84 nayAgreed to9 not voting or present
Democrat124 yea · 76 nay
Republican216 yea · 7 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2267 ↗

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Amendment concerns legal fee recovery in prosecutions, not reproductive rights.

    Tagged by: keyword:hyde amendment

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.75): Increases government spending by allowing prevailing defendants to recover attorney fees.

    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 (340)

Nay (84)

Not voting or present (9)

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