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House Roll Call 841, 96th Congress · April 22, 1980

TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE FOR COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 521, TO INCREASE THE TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO $500 MILLION FROM THE $13.295 MILLION RECOMMENDED BY THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FOR THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM. THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS REQUESTED IN THE BAUMAN AMENDMENT WOULD BE USED TO CLASSIFY REGISTRANTS AND GIVE PHYSICAL EXAMS. (MOTION FAILED)

45 yea · 363 nay24 not voting or present
Democrat25 yea · 227 nay
Republican19 yea · 134 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 521

A joint resolution making additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, for the Selective Service System.

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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.95): Increasing funding for Selective Service draft registration expands military capabilities.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Increasing transfer authority funding represents fiscal expansion.

    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 (45)

Nay (363)

Not voting or present (24)

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