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House Roll Call 870, 104th Congress · January 3, 1996

Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Appropriations, FY 1996 — H.R.2076 BY ROGERS (R-KY) -- DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 PRISON LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 (VETOED 12/19/95) (TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT NOT VOTING TO OVERRIDE, THE HOUSE VOTED TO SUSTAIN THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF H.R. 2076, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996.)

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

240 yea · 159 nayFailed34 not voting or present
Democrat22 yea · 153 nay
Republican218 yea · 5 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2076

Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.85): Overriding the veto enacts tougher criminal justice and law enforcement measures alongside prison litigation limits.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Overriding the veto enacts an annual appropriations bill authorizing federal spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (159)

Not voting or present (34)

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.