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House Roll Call 642, 98th Congress · May 22, 1984

TO AMEND H.R. 5653, A BILL APPROPRIATING $15.4 BILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1985. THE OTTINGER AMENDMENT REDUCES FUNDING FOR BREEDER REACTOR RESEARCH BY $43 MILLION AND ADDS $33 MILLION FOR SOLAR ENERGY AND NUCLEAR RESEARCH PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED)

171 yea · 229 nay32 not voting or present
Democrat138 yea · 104 nay
Republican32 yea · 124 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5653

A bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, and for other purposes.

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.

  • Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Climate action”

    model(0.90): Shifting funds to solar energy supports climate action.

    Tagged by: keyword:solar

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Net reduction of $10 million in spending promotes fiscal restraint.

    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 (172)

Nay (229)

Not voting or present (32)

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