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House Roll Call 51, 99th Congress · April 18, 1985

TO AMEND THE WALGREN AMENDMENT TO H R 1617, A BILL AUTHORIZING $143.9 MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR THE PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1986 AND 1987. THE WALGREN AMENDMENT REDUCES THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL TO $127.8 MILLION AND REALLOCATES FUNDS AMONG THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS. THE WALKER AMENDMENT REDUCES THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL TO $122.5 MILLION. (MOTION FAILED)

196 yea · 201 nay29 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 185 nay
Republican161 yea · 18 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1617 ↗

National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications — 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 lowers the authorization level from $127.8 million to $122.5 million.

    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 (200)

Nay (204)

Not voting or present (29)

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