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House Roll Call 126, 97th Congress · July 16, 1981

TO AMEND THE COURTER SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3519 THAT DIRECTS THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS BY JAN. 15, 1982, TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT, ELIMINATE WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE AND MISMANAGEMENT IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, BY DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT TO PROPOSE NOT LESS THAN $8 BILLION IN RECISSIONS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE AND MISMANAGEMENT IN DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND ENCOURAGEING THE EXPANSION OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE WASTE. (MOTION FAILED)

142 yea · 276 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat122 yea · 101 nay
Republican19 yea · 173 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3519 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982

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(0.90): Proposes $8 billion in defense budget rescissions, promoting 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 (142)

Nay (276)

Not voting or present (14)

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