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House Roll Call 984, 96th Congress · June 19, 1980

TO AMEND H.R. 7542, FISCAL 1980 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESISSIONS, BY PROVIDING UP TO $100 MILLION FOR THE PRESIDENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THE RESETTLEMENT OF FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, BUT PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS TO ASSIST CUBANS WHO ARRIVED INTO THE UNITED STATES AFTER APR. 1, 1980, WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND BY AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER TO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED FELONS OR TO BE PROSTITUTES. (MOTION PASSED)

210 yea · 188 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat179 yea · 73 nay
Republican38 yea · 120 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7542

Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act of 1980

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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Expansive”

    model(0.90): Providing $100M to assist resettlement of foreign nationals expands refugee support.

    Tagged by: keyword:immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Adding $100 million in resettlement funds increases 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 (219)

Nay (194)

Not voting or present (20)

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