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House Roll Call 285, 97th Congress · November 16, 1981

TO RECOMMIT H.J. RES. 357 TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT TO REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS BY 5 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD EXCEPT FOR DEFENSE, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, VETERANS' MEDICAL CARE AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS. (MOTION FAILED)

189 yea · 201 nay27 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 189 nay
Republican173 yea · 18 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 357 ↗

Missing Children Act

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): Instruction mandates a 5 percent across-the-board cut to appropriations.

    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 (197)

Nay (209)

Not voting or present (27)

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