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House Roll Call 866, 98th Congress · September 25, 1984

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 648 TO REDUCE ALL DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LEVELS BY 2 PERCENT FOR PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (MOTION FAILED)

122 yea · 284 nay25 not voting or present
Democrat27 yea · 219 nay
Republican96 yea · 62 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 648 ↗

A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): Reducing discretionary spending by 2 percent represents a direct reduction in federal spending.

    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 (123)

Nay (284)

Not voting or present (25)

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