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House Roll Call 203, 97th Congress · September 22, 1981

TO AMEND H.R. 4522, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CHARGEABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART AGAINST THE REVENUES OF SAID DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1982, BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PERSONNEL LOTTERY WITH RESPECT TO THE HIRING OF FIREFIGHTERS OR POLICE OFFICERS. (MOTION PASSED)

305 yea · 96 nay27 not voting or present
Democrat117 yea · 97 nay
Republican188 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4522

District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1982

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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Policy rider restricting hiring methods rather than modifying spending levels.

    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 (308)

Nay (98)

Not voting or present (27)

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