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House Roll Call 43, 97th Congress · May 19, 1981

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2979, TO EXTEND THE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEARS 1982 AND 1983. (MOTION FAILED)

165 yea · 231 nay34 not voting or present
Democrat142 yea · 71 nay
Republican22 yea · 158 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2979 ↗

A bill to extend the authorization of appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for fiscal years 1982 and 1983.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Extending authorization of appropriations allows continued spending for the commission.

    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 (165)

Nay (231)

Not voting or present (34)

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