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House Roll Call 301, 97th Congress · November 18, 1981

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4995, WHICH SOUGHT TO REDUCE ALL APPROPRIATIONS IN THE BILL BY 5%. THE MOFFETT AMENDMENT THERETO SOUGHT TO REDUCE BY 2% FUNDING FOR MILITARY PROCUREMENT AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, EXCEPTING SPARE PARTS. (MOTION FAILED)

140 yea · 256 nay23 not voting or present
Democrat123 yea · 94 nay
Republican22 yea · 168 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4995

Department of Defense Appropriation 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(0.95): A yes vote reduces military procurement funding by 2 percent.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote reduces federal spending by 2 percent.

    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 (147)

Nay (263)

Not voting or present (23)

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