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House Roll Call 138, 102nd Congress · June 7, 1991

H.R.2521 BY MURTHA (D-PA) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1992 (PUB. L. 102-172, APPROVED 11/26/91) (HOUSE REJECTED THE FRANK OF MASSACHUSETTS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE $260 MILLION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE RAIL GARRISON MX MISSILE SYSTEM .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

155 yea · 229 nayFailed47 not voting or present
Democrat139 yea · 86 nay
Republican14 yea · 143 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2521

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1992

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): Striking research and development funding for a missile system reduces military expansion.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote cuts spending by striking $260 million for missile research.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations act,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 (155)

Nay (229)

Not voting or present (47)

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