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House Roll Call 483, 105th Congress · October 1, 1997

SEC Authorization — H.R.1262 BY OXLEY (R-OH) -- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE FAILED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 1262, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999. .)

Question before the chamber: On motion to suspend the rules and pass

230 yea · 170 nayFailed33 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 154 nay
Republican198 yea · 15 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1262

Securities and Exchange Commission Authorization Act of 1997

Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector — 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.

  • Financial RegulationA yea counts toward “Regulate”

    model(0.85): Authorizing funding for the SEC supports financial regulatory enforcement.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Finance and Financial Sector

    Axis: Regulate ← → Deregulate

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizing appropriations for an agency increases spending authority.

    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 (230)

Nay (170)

Not voting or present (33)

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