The House : Public Housing

The House reduced by half the number of new public housing units proposed as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s fiscal 1986 budget. The vote was 213 for and 204 against. The action cut the number of new units from 10,000 to 5,000, the same number financed in fiscal 1985. This sliced $990 million from the proposed HUD appropriation, which later was set at $14.9 billion.

How They Voted Yea Nay No vote Rep. Bates (D) x Rep. Hunter (R) x Rep. Lowery (R) x Rep. Packard (R) x

Treasury Department

By a vote of 288 for and 133 against, the House exempted several agencies from a proposed 2.65% cut in the fiscal 1986 Treasury Department appropriations bill. This reduced the proposed cut from $192 million to $35 million.

President Reagan was opposed to the amendment, which exempted the Postal Service, Internal Revenue Service, Customs Service, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and certain law enforcement training programs from the budget reduction.

How They Voted Yea Nay No vote Rep. Bates (D) x Rep. Hunter (R) x Rep. Lowery (R) x Rep. Packard (R) x

NASA Appropriation

The House rejected, 112 for and 300 against, an amendment to freeze the fiscal 1986 appropriation for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Science Foundation at 1985 levels. The amendment sought to cut $160 million from the NASA budget and $22 million from the science foundation budget. It was proposed to amend the 1986 appropriations bill for HUD and other agencies (HR 3038, above).

Members voting no were opposed to the freeze amendment.

How They Voted Yea Nay No vote Rep. Bates (D) x Rep. Hunter (R) x Rep. Lowery (R) x Rep. Packard (R) x