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House Roll Call 346, 96th Congress · July 25, 1979

TO PASS H.R. 3996, AMENDING THE RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE ACT TO EXTEND THE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AMTRAK. (MOTION PASSED)

397 yea · 18 nay17 not voting or present
Democrat254 yea · 3 nay
Republican142 yea · 16 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3996 ↗

Amtrak Reorganization Act of 1979

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works — 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): Extending spending authorization for Amtrak increases spending.

    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 (398)

Nay (19)

Not voting or present (17)

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