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House Roll Call 254, 99th Congress · July 31, 1985

AN AMENDMENT TO STOP FUNDING FOR THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS BY A $91,000 CUT IN APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BUDGET. (MOTION FAILED)

200 yea · 227 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat58 yea · 184 nay
Republican142 yea · 42 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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): Cutting appropriations for the Kennedy Center reduces 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 (201)

Nay (228)

Not voting or present (4)

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