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Senate Roll Call 216, 101st Congress · September 29, 1989

To express the Sense of the Senate that the conferees on H.R.2788, Department of the Interior Appropriations, 1990, should insist on amendment number 7, to prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the dissemination, promotion or production of obscene or indecent materials denigrating a particular religion. — TO TABLE THE HELMS (R, NC) AMENDMENT TO HR 3072, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, TO PROHIBIT FUNDS FROM BEING USED TO PRODUCE OR DISTRIBUTE OBSCENE MATERIALS OR THOSE DEROGATORY TO ANY RELIGION.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

62 yea · 35 nayMotion to Table Agreed to3 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 9 nay
Republican18 yea · 26 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3072

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990

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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Prohibiting funding for indecent materials is unrelated to defense and war powers.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A rider prohibiting funds for obscene materials is a social policy fight, not a fiscal axis issue.

    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 (62)

Nay (35)

Not voting or present (3)

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