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Senate Roll Call 893, 97th Congress · December 7, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 7144, A BILL APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1983 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE LEAHY AMENDMENT INSERTS NEW LANGUAGE IN LIEU OF LANGUAGE PROPOSED TO BE STRICKEN BY THE EAGLETON AMENDMENT. THE EAGLETON AMENDMENT STRIKES SECTION 128 FROM THE BILL WHICH PROHIBITS THE USE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CONVENTION CENTER IN WAYS WHICH COMPETE WITH EXISTING CONVENTION FACILITIES. THE LEAHY COMPROMISE AMENDMENT ALLOWS THE CONVENTION CENTER TO BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES ONLY IF THE ACTIVITIES WERE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. (MOTION FAILED)

40 yea · 54 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat15 yea · 28 nay
Republican25 yea · 26 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7144 ↗

District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 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) Restricting convention center usage is a policy matter, not a fiscal change.

    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 (40)

Nay (55)

Not voting or present (5)

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