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House Roll Call 25, 99th Congress · March 6, 1985

TO AGREE TO H RES 92 TOGETHER WITH A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H R 1096. H RES 92 PROVIDES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H R 1096, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FAMINE RELIEF AND RECOVERY IN AFRICA. THE SENATE AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES $1.85 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL FARM CREDIT ASSISTANCE; AUTHORIZES $100 MILLION TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE INTEREST WRITE DOWN BY BANKS PARTICIPATING IN THE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM; AND PROVIDES FOR ADVANCE CROP LOANS. (MOTION PASSED)

255 yea · 168 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat220 yea · 18 nay
Republican35 yea · 149 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1096 ↗

African Famine Relief and Recovery Act of 1985

Policy area: International Affairs — 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 expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizing additional credit assistance and interest write-down funds increases federal spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (257)

Nay (168)

Not voting or present (7)

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