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House Roll Call 302, 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 ROUKEMA AMENDMENT THERETO SOUGHT TO REDUCE BY 2% FUNDING FOR MILITARY PROCUREMENT AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, EXCEPTING SPARE PARTS, REPAIR PARTS OR AMMUNITION. (MOTION FAILED)

197 yea · 202 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat135 yea · 84 nay
Republican67 yea · 124 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.

  • GunsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Military procurement funding does not relate to gun policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:ammunition

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote reduces military procurement spending 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 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 (204)

Nay (209)

Not voting or present (20)

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