House Roll Call 98, 96th Congress · May 2, 1979

TO AMEND THE SIMON AMENDMENT (SEE RC 105) TO H. CON. RES. 107. THE VOLKMER AMENDMENT SEEKS TO DECREASE 1979 BUDGET AUTHORITY BY $628 MILLION AND OUTLAYS BY $315 MILLION FOR PURCHASE OF TWO DESTROYERS FROM IRAN; AND DECREASE 1979 BUDGET AUTHORITY BY $336 MILLION AND OUTLAYS BY $315 MILLION FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. (MOTION FAIELD)

88 yea · 325 nay20 not voting or present

Democrat79 yea · 176 nay

Republican8 yea · 148 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 107 ↗

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1980 and revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1979.

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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): Decreasing budget authority and outlays reduces overall federal spending.
Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance
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 (88)

Nay (326)

Not voting or present (20)

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