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House Roll Call 706, 104th Congress · October 18, 1995

Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 1996 — (HOUSE AGREED TO THE YOUNG OF FLORIDA MOTION THAT THE CONFERENCE MEETINGS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON H.R. 2126, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996, BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AT SUCH TIMES AS CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS SHALL HAVE A RIGHT TO ATTEND ANY CLOSED OR OPEN MEETING.)

Question before the chamber: Closing Portions of the Conference

418 yea · 3 nayPassed11 not voting or present
Democrat183 yea · 2 nay
Republican234 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2126

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A procedural motion to close conference meetings when classified information is discussed.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A procedural motion to close conference meetings when classified information is discussed.

    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 (418)

Nay (3)

Not voting or present (11)

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