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House Roll Call 297, 97th Congress · November 18, 1981

TO AGREE TO H.RES. 275, WAIVING CERTAIN POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE BILL, H.R. 4995 WHICH MAKES APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1982. THE WAIVER IS OF CLAUSE 2 OF RULE 21, PROHIBITING BOTH UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS AND LEGISLATION IN APPROPRIATIONS BILL, AND IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATIONS, S. 815, HAS NOT BEEN ENACTED AT THIS DATE. (MOTION AGREED TO)

398 yea · 4 nay31 not voting or present
Democrat216 yea · 1 nay
Republican179 yea · 3 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 275

A resolution waiving certain points of order against the bill (H.R. 4995) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Congress — 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) Special rule waiving points of order for consideration of a bill.

    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 (398)

Nay (4)

Not voting or present (31)

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