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House Roll Call 403, 98th Congress · October 31, 1983

TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CONFEREES ON H.R. 3222 TO INSIST ON THE HOUSE POSITION ON A SENATE AMENDMENT. H.R. 3222 MAKES APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE AND THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1984. THE SENATE AMENDMENT WOULD STRIKE THE EARMARKING PROVISION OF $70.155 MILLION FOR THE JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAM. THE HOUSE POSITION IS TO FAVOR THIS EARMARKING PROVISION. THE BROWN AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE CONFEREES TO INSIST THAT FUNDS BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY, PROHIBITING USE OF THOSE FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO POLITICAL PARTIES. (MOTION PASSED)

234 yea · 103 nay92 not voting or present
Democrat132 yea · 73 nay
Republican102 yea · 32 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 (0.95) Procedural vote on ordering the previous question.

    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 (235)

Nay (106)

Not voting or present (92)

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