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House Roll Call 241, 99th Congress · July 26, 1985

THE JACOBS AMENDMENT AS AMENDED BY THE NELSON SUBSTITUTE REDUCING FUNDS FOR EXPENDITURES BY FORMER PRESIDENTS. THE AMENDMENT APPLIES TO HR 3036, AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL FUNDING THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, POSTAL SERVICE, AND OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. (MOTION PASSED)

219 yea · 130 nay78 not voting or present
Democrat125 yea · 72 nay
Republican96 yea · 60 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3036

Treasury, Postal Service and General Government 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): Reduces funds expended for former presidents.

    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 (223)

Nay (132)

Not voting or present (78)

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