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House Roll Call 365, 104th Congress · June 14, 1995

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE SHAYS AMENDMENT REQUIRING A REDUCTION IN THE U.S. FORCES IN NATO COUNTRIES IF THOSE COUNTRIES FAIL TO INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELP COVER THE NONPERSONNEL COSTS OF U.S TROOPS STATIONED IN THOSE NATO COUNTRIES; PROVIDING FOR ALLIED NATIONS TO COVER SPECIFIED PERCENTAGES OF NONPERSONNEL COSTS, BEGINNING WITH 18.75 PERCENT BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1996, 37.5 PERCENT BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1997, 56.25 PERCENT BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, AND 75 PERCENT BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1999; FOR EACH PERCENTAGE POINT THAT THE ALLIED CONTRIBUTION IS LESS THAN THE PERCENTAGE GOAL SPECIFIED, U.S. FORCES IN NATO COUNTRIES WOULD BE REDUCED BY 1,000 IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR; AND GIVING THE PRESIDENT THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THESE REQUIREMENTS IF HE DECLARES AN EMERGENCY.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

273 yea · 156 nayAgreed to5 not voting or present
Democrat162 yea · 32 nay
Republican110 yea · 124 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(0.90): A yes vote mandates reductions in U.S. troop levels in NATO countries.

    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 (273)

Nay (156)

Not voting or present (5)

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