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House Roll Call 775, 98th Congress · July 21, 1984

TO AMEND THE OXLEY AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5541 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. H.R. 5541 AMENDS THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 IN ORDER TO EXTEND CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS CONTAINED IN SUCH ACT. THE OXLEY AMENDMENT REDUCES THE AUTHORIZED FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY PROGRAM TO $14 MILION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985, $16 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1986, AND $18 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987; AND IT REDUCES THE AUTHORIZED FUNDING FOR THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING TO $186 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987; $214 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1988, AND $246 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989. THE DANNEMEYER SUBSTITUTE REDUCES THE AUTHORIZED FUNDING FOR THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING TO $130 MILLION FOR EACH OF THE FISCAL YEARS 1987, 1988, AND 1989. (MOTION FAILED)

95 yea · 298 nay39 not voting or present
Democrat18 yea · 216 nay
Republican77 yea · 80 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5541 ↗

Public Broadcasting Amendments Act of 1984

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications — 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 restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote further reduces funding authorizations for public broadcasting.

    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 (95)

Nay (299)

Not voting or present (39)

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