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House Roll Call 355, 104th Congress · June 8, 1995

American Overseas Interests Act of 1995 — (HOUSE REJECTED THE HAMILTON MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE ABOLISHING THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY, THE UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY, AND THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY AND, INSTEAD, PROVIDE FOR THE STREAMLINING OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES BY REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO REVIEW PROGRAMS DESCRIBED IN THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 AND THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT, AS WELL AS OTHER INITIATIVES WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAMS, DETERMINE HOW BEST TO ACHIEVE THAT COST SAVINGS AND STREAMLINING, AND SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OF THE SENATE NOT LATER THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF ENACTMENT ON THE RESULTS OF THIS REVIEW; AND RETAIN FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS, BUT WITH A MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED OF NOT TO EXCEED $16,505,843,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 AND $15,395,362,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

179 yea · 237 nayFailed18 not voting or present
Democrat174 yea · 12 nay
Republican4 yea · 225 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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 expansion”

    model(0.90): Striking the abolition of four agencies preserves agency structures and foreign assistance 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 (179)

Nay (237)

Not voting or present (18)

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