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Senate Roll Call 618, 104th Congress · January 26, 1996

An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. — S.1124 BY THURMOND (R-SC) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1995 MILITARY JUSTICE AMENDMENTS OF 1995 CORPORATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE AND FIREARMS SAFETY ACT MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 MILITARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1995 ILLINOIS LAND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1995 PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 PANAMA CANAL AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1995 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REFORM ACT OF 1996 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 1996 (PUB. L. 104-106, APPROVED 2/10/96) (SENATE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1124, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Conference Report

56 yea · 34 nayConference Report Agreed to9 not voting or present
Democrat14 yea · 31 nay
Republican40 yea · 3 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1124 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 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): Agreeing to the conference report on the defense authorization bill expands military activities.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Agreeing to the conference report on the defense authorization bill expands federal spending.

    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 (56)

Nay (34)

Not voting or present (9)

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