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House Roll Call 349, 104th Congress · June 7, 1995

H.R.1561 BY GILMAN (R-NY) -- AMERICAN OVERSEAS INTERESTS ACT OF 1995 FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION ACT OF 1995 FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997 BOSNIA GENOCIDE JUSTICE ACT FOREIGN AID REDUCTION ACT OF 1995 (HOUSE REJECTED THE HYDE AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REPEAL THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION; AND REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO CONSULT WITH THE CONGRESS IN MOST CASES BEFORE COMITTING UNITED STATES FORCES TO IMMINENT HOSTILITIES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

201 yea · 217 nayFailed17 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 168 nay
Republican178 yea · 48 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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The measure concerns war powers and is unrelated to reproductive rights.

    Tagged by: keyword:hyde amendment

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.85): Repealing the War Powers Resolution removes statutory limits on executive military deployments.

    Tagged by: keyword:war powers

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (201)

Nay (217)

Not voting or present (17)

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