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Senate Roll Call 583, 101st Congress · October 15, 1990

To limit the use of appropriated funds for maintaining United States military personnel in NATO member countries in Europe. — TO AMEND S 3189, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1991, TO LIMIT THE USE OF APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR SUPPORTING ANY END-STRENGTH LEVEL OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES ASSIGNED TO PERMANENT DUTY ASHORE IN EUROPEAN MEMBER NATIONS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

46 yea · 50 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 16 nay
Republican10 yea · 32 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 3189 ↗

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Limiting funds for European troop deployments restricts military force levels.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Limiting funds for overseas troop presence restricts 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 (48)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (2)

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