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Senate Roll Call 716, 100th Congress · August 5, 1988

TO TABLE THE WALLOP, WY AMENDMENT TO HR 4781, FISCAL 1989 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $500 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE.

50 yea · 44 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat45 yea · 5 nay
Republican5 yea · 39 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4781

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Tabling the amendment blocks $500 million in additional funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): Tabling the amendment prevents an additional $500 million in 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 (50)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (6)

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