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House Roll Call 280, 97th Congress · November 12, 1981

TO CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC THE CONFERENCE MEETINGS ON H.R. 3413, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1982, AT SUCH TIMES AS CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. (MOTION AGREED TO)

385 yea · 0 nay48 not voting or present
Democrat204 yea · 0 nay
Republican178 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3412

A bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act to restrict the defense of agencies by the Department of Justice in litigation challenging the withholding of information, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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 (0.95) Procedural vote to close conference committee meetings to the public.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (385)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (48)

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