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House Roll Call 135, 100th Congress · May 20, 1987

TO PASS HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY FUNCTIONS OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IN FISCAL YEARS 1988 AND 1989.

239 yea · 177 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat220 yea · 17 nay
Republican20 yea · 160 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1748 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing the defense authorization bill funds and expands military operations.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing a defense authorization bill 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 (242)

Nay (178)

Not voting or present (12)

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