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House Roll Call 473, 96th Congress · September 28, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 5359, DOD APPROPRIATIONS, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF A PRICE DIFFERENTIAL ON CONTRACTS HEREAFTER MADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING ECONOMIC DISLOCATIONS. (MOTION FAILED)

174 yea · 187 nay44 not voting or present
Democrat130 yea · 105 nay
Republican54 yea · 97 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5359

Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1980

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Procurement contract preference rules do not alter core defense posture or war powers.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Striking the ban on paying price differentials allows higher spending on defense contracts.

    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 (187)

Nay (202)

Not voting or present (44)

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