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House Roll Call 847, 104th Congress · December 15, 1995

Defense Department Authorization, FY 1996 — H.R.1530 BY SPENCE (R-SC) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1995 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 ILLINOIS LAND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1995 PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 1995 (VETOED 12/28/95) (HOUSE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1530, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Conference Report

267 yea · 149 nayPassed17 not voting or present
Democrat58 yea · 130 nay
Republican209 yea · 18 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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 expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizing defense programs and military activities expands military operations.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizing defense spending increases overall federal budget authority.

    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 (267)

Nay (149)

Not voting or present (17)

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