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House Roll Call 869, 104th Congress · January 3, 1996

National Defense Authorization Act for 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) (TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT NOT VOTING TO OVERRIDE, THE HOUSE SUSTAINED THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF H.R. 1530, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY STRENGTHS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996.)

Question before the chamber: Passage, the Objections of the President Notwithstanding

240 yea · 156 nayFailed38 not voting or present
Democrat34 yea · 138 nay
Republican206 yea · 17 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(0.90): Overriding the veto passes the defense authorization bill, expanding military programs.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Overriding the veto authorizes defense spending and appropriations.

    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 (240)

Nay (156)

Not voting or present (38)

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