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House Roll Call 1002, 104th Congress · April 30, 1996

American Overseas Interests Act — H.R.1561 BY GILMAN (R-NY) -- FOREIGN RELATIONS REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1995 FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 1996-1999 SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET ACT OF 1995 FOREIGN AFFAIRS REINVENTION ACT OF 1995 MIDDLE EAST PEACE FACILITATION ACT OF 1995 (VETOED APRIL 12, 1996) (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSTAIN THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF H.R. 1561, TO CONSOLIDATE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES; TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997; AND TO RESPONSIBILY REDUCE THE AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997.)

Question before the chamber: Passage, Objection of the President Notwithstanding

234 yea · 188 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat6 yea · 182 nay
Republican228 yea · 5 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1561 ↗

Foreign Relations Revitalization Act of 1995

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Overriding a veto to pass a bill consolidating foreign affairs agencies and cutting spending promotes fiscal restraint.

    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 (234)

Nay (188)

Not voting or present (11)

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