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House Roll Call 262, 104th Congress · March 28, 1995

Emergency Defense Supplemental Appropriations — H.R.889 BY LIVINGSTON (R-LA) -- EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, PROVISION MEXICAN DEBT DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995 (PUB. L. 104-6, APPROVED 4/10/95) (HOUSE REJECTED THE OBEY MOTION TO INSTRUCT HOUSE CONFEREES TO FORM A CONFERENCE AGREEMENT THAT DOES NOT ADD TO THE NATIONAL DEFICIT IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND CUMULATIVELY THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1999.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Instruct Conferees

179 yea · 240 nayFailed15 not voting or present
Democrat161 yea · 23 nay
Republican17 yea · 217 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 889

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions for the Department of Defense to Preserve and Enhance Military Readiness Act of 1995

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) The motion addresses budget deficits, which is not directly relevant to the military expansion or restraint axis.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Instructing conferees not to add to the national deficit 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 (179)

Nay (240)

Not voting or present (15)

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