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Senate Roll Call 585, 101st Congress · October 15, 1990

A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991 and for other purposes. — TO PASS S 3189, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1991, TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1991.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

79 yea · 16 nayBill Passed4 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 11 nay
Republican36 yea · 6 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5803

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 expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing Defense appropriations funds military expansion.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing Defense appropriations increases 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 (79)

Nay (17)

Not voting or present (4)

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