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House Roll Call 275, 99th Congress · September 12, 1985

H RES 263 TO CONSIDER H R 2266, A BILL THAT AUTHORIZES APPROPRIATIONS FOR AMTRAK AND CREATES A COMMISSION TO STUDY AMTRAK'S FINANCES.

236 yea · 159 nay36 not voting or present
Democrat210 yea · 12 nay
Republican26 yea · 147 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2266

A bill authorizing appropriations for Amtrak for fiscal years 1986 and 1987, establishing a commission to study the financial status of Amtrak, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works — 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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A resolution providing for consideration of a bill is floor procedure.

    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 (239)

Nay (159)

Not voting or present (36)

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