House Roll Call 493, 98th Congress · November 17, 1983

TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. RES. 2915, STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1984 AND 1985 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY, THE BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, THE INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION, AND THE ASIA FOUNDATION, TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (MOTION PASSED)

254 yea · 146 nay34 not voting or present

Democrat160 yea · 76 nay

Republican91 yea · 70 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2915 ↗

A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes.

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 expansion”
model(0.90): Authorizing foreign relations appropriations increases government spending.
Tagged by: keyword:appropriations
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 (254)

Nay (146)

Not voting or present (34)

Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr.Did not vote
Howard L. BermanDid not vote
John B. BreauxDid not vote
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr.Did not vote
William Lacy Clay Sr.Did not vote
John Conyers, Jr.Did not vote
Thomas Joseph CorcoranDid not vote
Thomas A. DaschleDid not vote
Butler Carson Derrick Jr.Did not vote
Julian C. DixonDid not vote
Byron L. DorganDid not vote
Mervyn Malcolm DymallyDid not vote
Thomas Michael FogliettaDid not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote
William David FordDid not vote
Wyche Fowler Jr.Did not vote
Henry Barbosa GonzálezPresent
Kent Ronald HanceDid not vote
George Vernon HansenDid not vote
James V. HansenDid not vote
Augustus Freeman HawkinsDid not vote
Cecil Landau HeftelDid not vote
Marjorie Sewell HoltDid not vote
Edgar Lanier JenkinsDid not vote
Jerry LewisDid not vote
Clarence E. MillerDid not vote
William Flynt NicholsDid not vote
Joel McFee PritchardDid not vote
Nick J. Rahall IIDid not vote
Eldon Dean RuddDid not vote
E. Clay Shaw Jr.Did not vote
Paul Martin SimonDid not vote
Esteban Edward TorresDid not vote
John Patrick WilliamsDid not vote

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