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House Roll Call 173, 98th Congress · June 9, 1983

TO AGREE TO H. RES. 198, THE RULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2915. H.R. 2915 AUTHORIZES $3.289 AND $3.59 BILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1984 AND 1985, RESPECTIVELY, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY, THE BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, THE INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION, AND THE ASIA FOUNDATION. H.R. 2915 ALSO ESTABLISHES THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY, A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT CORPORATION WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE U.S. PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT OVERSEAS. (MOTION PASSED)

373 yea · 37 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat246 yea · 1 nay
Republican126 yea · 37 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2915 ↗

A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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 (0.95) Voting on a special rule providing for bill consideration is procedural.

    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 (374)

Nay (38)

Not voting or present (20)

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