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House Roll Call 364, 104th Congress · June 14, 1995

(HOUSE REJECTED THE DEFAZIO AMENDMENT, AS MODIFIED, THAT SOUGHT TO CUT $628 MILLION FROM THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (BMDO) TO THE LEVEL REQUESTED FOR THE BMDO BY THE ADMINISTRATION; ALLOCATING $150 MILLION OF FUNDS SAVED BY THIS REDUCTION TO INCREASE BY SEPTEMBER 1 THE VARIABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL LIVING OFF-BASE IN HIGH COST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY; AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO ALLOCATE THE REMAINDER OF SAVED FUNDS FOR THE VARIABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND/OR THE "BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR QUARTERS" IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE NEED FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL TO APPLY FOR FOOD STAMPS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

178 yea · 250 nayFailed6 not voting or present
Democrat167 yea · 26 nay
Republican10 yea · 224 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1530 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996

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(0.95): A yes vote cuts $628 million from ballistic missile defense research and development.

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

    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 (178)

Nay (250)

Not voting or present (6)

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