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House Roll Call 777, 98th Congress · July 21, 1984

TO PASS H.R. 5541, A BILL AMENDING THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 IN ORDER TO EXTEND CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS CONTAINED IN SUCH ACT. (MOTION PASSED)

302 yea · 91 nay35 not voting or present
Democrat230 yea · 4 nay
Republican72 yea · 89 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 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 expansion”

    model(0.95): A yes vote extends spending authorizations under the Communications Act.

    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 (305)

Nay (93)

Not voting or present (35)

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