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House Roll Call 67, 96th Congress · April 4, 1979

TO AGREE TO THE MINISH SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT FOR THE HARSHA AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3324, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND THE PEACE CORPS FOR FISCAL 1980 AND 1981. THE MINISH SUBSTITUTE SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO OPEC COUNTRIES (WHICH INCLUDES NIGERIA) UNLESS THE PRESIDENT DETERMINES AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS THAT SUCH ASSISTANCE WOULD BE IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST. UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS, THE HARSHA AMENDMENT PROHIBITED ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA. (MOTION FAILED)

175 yea · 222 nay34 not voting or present
Democrat78 yea · 162 nay
Republican97 yea · 58 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3324 ↗

International Development Cooperation Act of 1979

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(0.85): Expanding prohibitions on foreign economic assistance to OPEC countries restricts 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 (175)

Nay (223)

Not voting or present (34)

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