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House Roll Call 1111, 104th Congress · June 13, 1996

(HOUSE REJECTED THE SHAYS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO LIMIT FY 1997 DOD BUDGET AUTHORITY TO THE AMOUNT PROVIDED IN THE FY 1996 DOD APPROPRIATIONS ACT.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

194 yea · 219 nayFailed21 not voting or present
Democrat132 yea · 58 nay
Republican61 yea · 161 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3610 ↗

Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997

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(0.90): Voting yes caps the defense budget authority to the previous year's level.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote sought to cap defense budget spending authority at previous year levels.

    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 (194)

Nay (219)

Not voting or present (21)

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