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House Roll Call 209, 99th Congress · July 16, 1985

TO AMEND H R 2959, A BILL APPROPRIATING $15.27 BILLION IN FUNDS FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1986. THE WEAVER AMENDMENT STRIKES $4 MILLION PROVIDED FOR THE ELK CREEK LAKE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. (MOTION FAILED)

142 yea · 282 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat102 yea · 136 nay
Republican40 yea · 143 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2959 ↗

A bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, 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): A yes vote eliminates $4 million in spending for a flood control project.

    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 (142)

Nay (282)

Not voting or present (9)

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