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Senate Roll Call 397, 104th Congress · September 5, 1995

An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. — S.1087 BY STEVENS (R-AK) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 (SENATE PASSED S. 1087, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996, AS AMENDED.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

62 yea · 35 nayBill Passed3 not voting or present
Democrat14 yea · 31 nay
Republican46 yea · 4 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1087

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 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): Passage of the defense appropriations bill funds defense and military programs.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Passage of an appropriations bill authorizes federal spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations act,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 (62)

Nay (35)

Not voting or present (3)

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