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House Roll Call 1184, 96th Congress · September 24, 1980

TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMEMDMENTS TO H.R. 7590, ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, THAT AUTHORIZED A $284 MILLION APPROPRIATION FOR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS ON THE CUMBERLAND AND BIG SANDY RIVERS IN THE AREA OF KENTUCKY, WEST VIRGINIA, AND VIRGINIA BORDERS. (MOTION PASSED)

230 yea · 164 nay31 not voting or present
Democrat149 yea · 95 nay
Republican84 yea · 70 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7590

Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1981

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): Authorizes an additional $284 million in spending for flood control projects.

    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 (234)

Nay (167)

Not voting or present (31)

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