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House Roll Call 755, 97th Congress · December 9, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 6957, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1983. THE COLLINS AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FUNDS TO REQUIRE THE TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS OTHER THAN THOSE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STUDENTS REQUIRING SPECIALIZED EDUCATION. (MOTION PASSED)

243 yea · 153 nay37 not voting or present
Democrat87 yea · 126 nay
Republican155 yea · 25 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6957

Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983

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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Anti-busing policy rider on DOJ spending bill.

    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 (243)

Nay (153)

Not voting or present (37)

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