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House Roll Call 325, 98th Congress · September 19, 1983

TO RISE AND REPORT H.R. 3222, AS AMENDED, TO THE HOUSE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE RECOMMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH INSTRUCTIONS THAT IT BE REPORTED BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS PROHIBITIONG VOLUNTARY PRAYER AND MEDITATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. H.R. 3222 APPROPRIATES $10.9 BILLION IN FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF JUSTICE, COMMERCE, STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1984. (MOTION PASSED)

245 yea · 120 nay68 not voting or present
Democrat206 yea · 7 nay
Republican37 yea · 112 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3222

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984

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) A voluntary school prayer instruction on an appropriations bill is a social policy fight.

    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 (245)

Nay (120)

Not voting or present (68)

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