Senate Roll Call 727, 100th Congress · August 11, 1988

TO TABLE THE MCCAIN, AZ AMENDMENT TO THE JOHNSTON AMENDMENT TO HR 4781, FISCAL 1989 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, TO REMOVE LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF OVERSEAS MILITARY DEPENDENTS SUPPORTED BY PENTAGON PROGRAMS.

36 yea · 59 nay5 not voting or present

Democrat33 yea · 20 nay

Republican3 yea · 39 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

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(0.85): Tabling the amendment maintains limits on overseas military dependents supported by the Pentagon.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”
model(0.90): Tabling the amendment maintains spending caps on military dependent support programs overseas.
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 (36)

Nay (59)

Not voting or present (5)

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