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Senate Roll Call 161, 101st Congress · August 2, 1989

An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 for military functions of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel levels for such Department for fiscal years 1990 and 1991, and for other purposes. — TO PASS S 1352, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

95 yea · 4 nayBill Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat50 yea · 3 nay
Republican43 yea · 1 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1352

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991

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): Passage of the defense authorization bill funds and expands military programs and defense capabilities.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Passage of the defense authorization bill expands federal budgetary authorizations.

    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 (95)

Nay (4)

Not voting or present (1)

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