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House Roll Call 219, 99th Congress · July 18, 1985

TO AMEND H R 2942, A BILL APPROPRIATING $1.29 BILLION IN FUNDS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1985. THE SMITH AMENDMENT REDUCES THE APPROPRIATION FOR OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS BY $10 MILLION. (MOTION FAILED)

204 yea · 217 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat39 yea · 200 nay
Republican164 yea · 17 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2942 ↗

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1986

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 cuts $10 million from official mail funding.

    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 (205)

Nay (218)

Not voting or present (10)

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