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Senate Roll Call 853, 97th Congress · September 24, 1982

TO TABLE THE MOYNIHAN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6956, A BILL APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1983 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS AND CERTAIN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. THE MOYNIHAN AMENDMENT INCREASES FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AND FOR THE HAZARDOUS WASTES CLEANING SUPERFUND. (MOTION PASSED)

44 yea · 40 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat9 yea · 31 nay
Republican35 yea · 12 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6956

Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation 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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Tabling kills an amendment increasing EPA and Superfund 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 (45)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (12)

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