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Senate Roll Call 299, 101st Congress · November 15, 1989

A 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 ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO HR 2461, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS-1990.

Question before the chamber: On the Conference Report

91 yea · 8 nayConference Report Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat49 yea · 4 nay
Republican40 yea · 4 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2461

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(0.90): Passing defense authorization appropriations expands military funding and functions.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Authorizing military appropriations expands federal spending authority.

    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 (91)

Nay (8)

Not voting or present (1)

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