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House Roll Call 507, 97th Congress · June 22, 1982

TO PASS H.R. 5879, A BILL AMENDING THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO EXTEND THE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR REFUGEE ASSISTANCE, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM. (MOTION PASSED)

357 yea · 58 nay17 not voting or present
Democrat190 yea · 30 nay
Republican164 yea · 28 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5879

Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1982

Policy area: Immigration — 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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Expansive”

    model(0.90): Extending refugee assistance programs maintains expansive support for foreign refugees entering the country.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Extending authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance expands government expenditure.

    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 (357)

Nay (58)

Not voting or present (17)

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