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House Roll Call 843, 96th Congress · April 22, 1980

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 521, DRAFT REGISTRATION, BY PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR ANY SYSTEM OF MANDATORY REGISTRATION. (MOTION FAILED)

84 yea · 319 nay29 not voting or present
Democrat73 yea · 177 nay
Republican11 yea · 139 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting funds for mandatory draft registration promotes military restraint.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (84)

Nay (319)

Not voting or present (29)

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