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House Roll Call 423, 97th Congress · May 12, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 5922 TO DELETE LANGUAGE RESTORING ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO THE MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS ON SURFACE MINING OF STONE, CLAY, GRAVEL OR PHOSPHATE, OR ON SURFACE CONSTRUCTION ON MINE PROPERTY, THEREBY CONTINUING THIS AS A FUNCTION OF OSHA. (MOTION PASSED)

186 yea · 220 nay26 not voting or present
Democrat47 yea · 173 nay
Republican138 yea · 45 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5922

Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982

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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.85): Shifting safety enforcement from specialized mine agency (MSHA) to OSHA favors employers.

    Tagged by: keyword:osha

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Jurisdictional dispute over mine safety enforcement is a regulatory fight, not a fiscal one.

    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 (186)

Nay (220)

Not voting or present (26)

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