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House Roll Call 61, 102nd Congress · April 11, 1991

TO AWARD A GOLD MEDAL TO GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF — S.534 BY LOTT (R-MS) -- GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL AWARD (PUB. L. 102-32, APPROVED 4/23/91) (HOUSE PASSED S. 534, TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO AWARD A GOLD MEDAL ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESS TO GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BRONZE DUPLICATES OF SUCH MEDAL FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC .)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

405 yea · 0 nayPassed26 not voting or present
Democrat243 yea · 0 nay
Republican160 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 534

A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, and to provide for the production of bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.

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) Awarding a congressional gold medal is ceremonial and does not affect military policy.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (405)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (26)

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