To restore a common sense approach to the appropriations process by repealing the defense firewalls established in the FY96 Budget Resolution. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN, NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 2115, TO REPEAL THE DEFENSE FIREWALLS ESTABLISHED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 1996 BUDGET RESOLUTION. .)

The measure

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(0.85): Waiving the Budget Act to repeal defense firewalls enables cuts to military spending.

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

  Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

• Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

  excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Motion to waive procedural budget rules regarding defense firewalls is a procedural vote.

  Tagged by: keyword:appropriations,budget resolution

  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.