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House Roll Call 445, 103rd Congress · September 28, 1993

H.R.2401 BY DELLUMS (D-CA) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACT OF 1993 DEFENSE CONVERSION, REINVESTMENT, AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS OF 1993 NATIONAL SHIPBUIDLING AND SHIPYARD CONVERSION ACT OF 1993 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 PANANA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 (PUB. L. 103-160, APPROVED 11/30/93) (HOUSE REJECTED THE MEEHAN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE THE PROVISION REGARDING HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY; AND EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE ISSUE SHOULD BE DECIDED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PRESIDENT .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

166 yea · 263 nayFailed5 not voting or present
Democrat156 yea · 95 nay
Republican12 yea · 169 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2401 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

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 (0.90) This amendment concerns military personnel policy regarding homosexuality, not military force expansion or restraint.

    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 (169)

Nay (264)

Not voting or present (5)

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