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House Roll Call 303, 97th Congress · November 18, 1981

TO PASS H.R. 4995, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1982. (MOTION AGREED TO)

335 yea · 61 nay33 not voting or present
Democrat157 yea · 56 nay
Republican177 yea · 7 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 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 expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing defense appropriations funds and expands military programs.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing defense appropriations authorizes government spending.

    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 (337)

Nay (63)

Not voting or present (33)

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