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House Roll Call 776, 98th Congress · July 21, 1984

TO AMEND H.R. 5541, A BILL AMENDING 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 MILLION 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 YEAAR 1987; $214 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1988; AND $246 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989. (MOTION FAILED)

176 yea · 217 nay35 not voting or present
Democrat48 yea · 186 nay
Republican129 yea · 32 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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 reduces authorized spending for public broadcasting programs.

    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 (178)

Nay (220)

Not voting or present (35)

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