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Senate Roll Call 605, 104th Congress · December 14, 1995

A bill to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes. — H.R.1561 BY GILMAN (R-NY) -- FOREIGN RELATIONS REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1995 FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 1996-1999 SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET ACT OF 1995 FOREIGN AFFAIRS REINVENTION ACT OF 1995 MIDDLE EAST PEACE FACILITATION ACT OF 1995 (SENATE PASSED H.R. 1561, TO CONSOLIDATE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES; TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997; AND TO RESPONSIBLY REDUCE THE AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

82 yea · 16 nayBill Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat31 yea · 15 nay
Republican50 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1561 ↗

Foreign Relations Revitalization Act of 1995

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Passing a foreign relations authorization bill authorizes funding for state department agencies.

    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 (82)

Nay (16)

Not voting or present (1)

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