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Senate Roll Call 250, 103rd Congress · September 9, 1993

To express the sense of Congress concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces. — S.1298 BY NUNN (D-GA) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACT OF 1993 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 BASE CLOSURE COMMUNITIES ACT OF 1993 PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 ACT TO PREVENT POLLUTION FROM SHIPS AMENDMENTS OF 1993 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 1993 PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ACT OF 1993 NATO REVIEW REQUIREMENTS LANDMINE MORATORIUM EXTENSION ACT OF 1993 (SENATE REJECTED THE BOXER AMENDMENT NO. 783, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT CONCERNING THE SERVICE OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE ARMED FORCES IS A MATTER THAT SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDENT BASED UPON ADVICE PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE MILITARY ADVISORS TO THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY .)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

33 yea · 63 nayAmendment Rejected4 not voting or present
Democrat28 yea · 25 nay
Republican3 yea · 38 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1298

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 (0.95) Personnel policy regarding military service members does not expand or restrain military forces.

    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 (33)

Nay (63)

Not voting or present (4)

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