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House Roll Call 120, 96th Congress · May 9, 1979

TO AMEND H. CON. RES. 107 BY REDUCING BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM BY $650 MILLION. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 4

147 yea · 276 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 240 nay
Republican124 yea · 34 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 107

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1980 and revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1979.

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): Cuts budget authority for the Food Stamp program by $650 million.

    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 (148)

Nay (276)

Not voting or present (10)

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