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House Roll Call 252, 98th Congress · July 26, 1983

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 622, A BILL AMENDING TITLE 5 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE TO PROVIDE DEATH BENEFITS TO SURVIVORS OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)

390 yea · 33 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat250 yea · 2 nay
Republican139 yea · 30 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 622 ↗

A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide death benefits to survivors of Federal law enforcement officers and firefighters, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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.

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Provides benefits to law enforcement survivors, which does not fit punitive or reform criminal justice axis.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (391)

Nay (33)

Not voting or present (9)

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