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House Roll Call 428, 98th Congress · November 8, 1983

TO AGREE TO THAT PORTION OF THE WRIGHT AMENDMENT WHICH PROVIDES $20.1 MILLION TO CARRY OUT PART B OF TITLE VII OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED COSTS OF A MODEL ENGINEERING CENTER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND $18.2 MILLION FOR A MODEL ENGINERING CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, AND $5.0 MILLION FOR A MODEL COMPUTER CENTER AT BARRY UNIVERSITY. (MOTION FAILED)

122 yea · 286 nay25 not voting or present
Democrat116 yea · 130 nay
Republican4 yea · 155 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 403

A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

    model(0.90): Provides federal funding for university engineering and computer centers.

    Tagged by: keyword:higher education act

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Appropriates additional funds for university centers, expanding spending.

    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 (122)

Nay (286)

Not voting or present (25)

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