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House Roll Call 796, 97th Congress · December 16, 1982

TO AGREE TO A MOTION TO RECEDE FROM ITS DISAGREEMENT TO A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 7019, TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1983. THE AMENDMENT WOULD CANCEL DEBT OWED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY'S ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS. (MOTION PASSED)

298 yea · 77 nay58 not voting or present
Democrat184 yea · 25 nay
Republican112 yea · 51 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7019

Department of Transportation 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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Canceling debt owed to the government increases net outlays.

    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 (298)

Nay (77)

Not voting or present (58)

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