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Senate Roll Call 171, 102nd Congress · August 1, 1991

To reduce the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1992 for the Strategic Defense Initiative. — (SENATE TABLED THE HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 980, REDUCING FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1992 FOR THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

60 yea · 38 nayMotion to Table Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat20 yea · 34 nay
Republican40 yea · 2 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1507 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

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(0.90): Tabling an amendment to cut SDI funding preserves higher military authorization.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment that cuts SDI spending maintains higher spending levels.

    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 (60)

Nay (38)

Not voting or present (2)

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