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House Roll Call 788, 104th Congress · November 16, 1995

Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 1996 — H.R.2126 BY YOUNG, BILL (R-FL) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 (PUB. L. 104-61, APPROVED 12/1/95) (HOUSE REJECTED THE OBEY MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE HOUSE CONFEREES INSIST ON THE INCLUSION OF LANGUAGE PROHIBITING OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENT ON NEW CONTRACTS ON WHICH ALLOWABLE COSTS CHARGED TO THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDE PAYMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPENSATION AT A RATE IN EXCESS OF $200,000 PER YEAR.)

Question before the chamber: Recommit the Conference Report with Instructions

121 yea · 307 nayFailed4 not voting or present
Democrat114 yea · 78 nay
Republican6 yea · 229 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 (0.85) Capping executive compensation on defense contracts is a fiscal regulation, not a defense policy axis.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Capping allowable contractor compensation costs reduces spending on defense contracts.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations act,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 (121)

Nay (307)

Not voting or present (4)

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