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Senate Roll Call 181, 104th Congress · May 24, 1995

To reduce unnecessary military spending, holding military spending to a freeze in overall spending over 7 years protecting readiness and modernization activities and shifting the savings to education and job training, restoring a portion of the reductions proposed for those programs in the resolution. — (SENATE REJECTED HARKIN/BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 1126, TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY MILITARY SPENDING, HOLDING MILITARY SPENDING TO A FREEZE IN OVERALL SPENDING OVER 7 YEARS PROTECTING READINESS AND MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES, AND SHIFTING THE SAVINGS TO EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING, RESTORING A PORTION OF THE REDUCTIONS PROPOSED FOR THOSE PROGRAMS IN THE RESOLUTION.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

28 yea · 71 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat26 yea · 20 nay
Republican1 yea · 50 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 13 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

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.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes reduces military spending and freezes overall military budget growth.

    Tagged by: keyword:military spending

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The measure shifts funds from military spending to education, making it a net-neutral account transfer.

    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 (28)

Nay (71)

Not voting or present (1)

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