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House Roll Call 402, 96th Congress · September 6, 1979

TO AMEND THE OBEY SUBSTITUTE TO THE MILLER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4473 BY WITHHOLDING 5% OF TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAYMENTS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW. THE OBEY AMENDMENT PROVIDED FOR A 2% REDUCTION. (MOTION FAILED)

178 yea · 228 nay19 not voting or present
Democrat64 yea · 192 nay
Republican117 yea · 39 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4473

Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1980

Policy area: International Affairs — 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): Increasing the withholding percentage from 2% to 5% cuts 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 (182)

Nay (233)

Not voting or present (19)

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