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House Roll Call 291, 98th Congress · August 2, 1983

TO AMEND THE HORTON AMENDMENT TO H.R.2780. THIS HORTON AMENDMENT REDUCES THE YEARLY FUNDING INCREASE FROM $731 MILLION TO $450 MILLION, THE LEVEL ASSUMED IN THE FIRST BUDGET RESOLUTION. THE MCCANDLESS AMENDMENT KEEPS THE AUTHORIZATION AT THE CURRENT LEVEL. (MOTION FAILED)

176 yea · 248 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat51 yea · 202 nay
Republican125 yea · 44 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2780 ↗

Local Government Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1983

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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Keeps spending authorization at current levels instead of increasing it.

    Tagged by: keyword:budget resolution

    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 (176)

Nay (248)

Not voting or present (9)

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