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House Roll Call 497, 97th Congress · June 16, 1982

TO AGREE TO A HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6094, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, AND THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1983. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT REMOVES THE $25,000 CEILING ON THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME PAY U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE EMPLOYEES CAN EARN. (MOTION PASSED)

220 yea · 178 nay33 not voting or present
Democrat180 yea · 34 nay
Republican39 yea · 144 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6094

A bill to authorize appropriations for the United States International Trade Commission, the United States Customs Service, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative for fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”

    model(0.90): Removing the cap on overtime pay prioritizes compensation for Customs Service employees.

    Tagged by: keyword:overtime

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Removing the overtime pay ceiling increases government payroll expenditures.

    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 (221)

Nay (178)

Not voting or present (33)

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