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Senate Roll Call 368, 98th Congress · November 17, 1983

TO TABLE THE JOHNSTON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3959. THE JOHNSTON AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT NO FUNDS MAY BE EXPENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR FOR THE LEASE-SALE OF TRACTS IN LEASE-SALE NUMBERED 79 WITHIN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO PLANNING AREA LISTED BELOW: ALL TRACTS IN THE FEDERAL OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF AREA BETWEEN 28 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 26 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE EXTENDING FROM THE 10 MILE FEDERAL-STATE BOUNDARY SEAWARD 40 MILES, BUT THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY TO APPROVE ANY PLAN, OR TO GRANT ANY LICENSE OR PERMIT, WHICH IS RESTRICTED TO SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES, OR OTHER PRELEASING ACTITIVITIES NECESSARY UP TO THE POINT OF SALE. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 20

71 yea · 20 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat25 yea · 15 nay
Republican46 yea · 5 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3959 ↗

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984

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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Rider blocking offshore oil leasing is an environmental policy restriction.

    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 (71)

Nay (20)

Not voting or present (9)

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