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Senate Roll Call 173, 102nd Congress · August 1, 1991

To reallocate for deficit reduction and the SDI the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Defense Agencies for fiscal year 1992 for research, development, test, and evaluation. — (SENATE REJECTED THE BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 994, REALLOCATING FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION AND THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE THE AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE DEFENSE AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1992 FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

46 yea · 52 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 14 nay
Republican4 yea · 38 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 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 restraint”

    model(0.80): Reallocating defense research funds to deficit reduction reduces overall military authorization.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Reallocating military spending toward deficit reduction enforces fiscal restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:deficit reduction

    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 (46)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (2)

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