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House Roll Call 482, 97th Congress · June 9, 1982

TO AMEND THE MYERS MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 5922 TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT 50 WHICH WOULD DELETE A HOUSE AMENDMENT TO REPEAL A LAW REQUIRING A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET BY 1981. THE MYERS MOTION ALSO INSTRUCTS CONFEREES TO AGREE TO A SENATE AMENDMENT NUMBERED 62 TO RESTORE AN ANNUAL $3000 DEDUCTION ON BUSINESS-RELATED INCOME TAX DEDUCTION BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. THE SCHROEDER AMENDMENT INSTRUCTS HOUSE CONFEREES TO INSIST UPON REPEALING THE AUTOMATIC, $75 PER DAY BUSINESS-RELATED DEDUCTION ALLOWED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. (MOTION PASSEE)

356 yea · 43 nay33 not voting or present
Democrat200 yea · 19 nay
Republican153 yea · 24 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.90): Repealing a tax deduction increases tax liability and raises federal revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:income tax

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Repeals daily expense allowance for members of Congress, cutting spending.

    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 (356)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (33)

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