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House Roll Call 1263, 104th Congress · August 1, 1996

Department of Defense Authorization, FY 1997 — (HOUSE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3230, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997.)

Question before the chamber: On agreeing to the conference report

285 yea · 132 nayPassed16 not voting or present
Democrat92 yea · 94 nay
Republican193 yea · 37 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3230 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 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 expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizing defense appropriations and personnel increases military scope.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizing defense appropriations expands federal spending.

    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 (285)

Nay (132)

Not voting or present (16)

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