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Senate Roll Call 324, 103rd Congress · October 21, 1993

To prohibit the use of Department of Defense funds to pay the cost of excessive compensation for contract seamen. — H.R.3116 BY MURTHA (D-PA) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1994 (PUB. L. 103-139, APPROVED 11/11/93) (SENATE TABLED THE GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 1076, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS TO PAY THE COST OF EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION FOR CONTRACT SEAMEN.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

67 yea · 30 nayMotion to Table Agreed to3 not voting or present
Democrat51 yea · 3 nay
Republican15 yea · 26 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3116 ↗

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 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 (0.85) Regulating contractor compensation does not clearly expand or restrain military power.

    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 prohibiting spending on excessive contract compensation prevents spending limits, resulting in fiscal expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations act,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 (67)

Nay (30)

Not voting or present (3)

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