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House Roll Call 294, 102nd Congress · October 16, 1991

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, F.Y. 1992 — H.R.2521 BY MURTHA (D-PA) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1992 (PUB. L. 102-172, APPROVED 11/26/91) (HOUSE AGREED TO THE MURTHA MOTION THAT THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON H.R. 2521, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1992, BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AT SUCH TIMES AS CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION; PROVIDED THAT ANY SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS SHALL HAVE A RIGHT TO ATTEND ANY CLOSED OR OPEN MEETING.)

Question before the chamber: CLOSING PORTIONS OF CONFERENCE

422 yea · 0 nayPassed11 not voting or present
Democrat254 yea · 0 nay
Republican165 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This is a procedural motion to close conference committee sessions for classified information.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This is a procedural motion regarding closing conference committee meetings.

    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 (422)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (11)

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