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Senate Roll Call 773, 104th Congress · June 19, 1996

To reduce to the level requested by the President the amount authorized to be appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation for national missile defense. — S.1745 BY THURMOND (R-SC) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIP ACT MILITARY PERSONNEL STALKING PUNISHMENT AND PREVENTION ACT OF 1996 NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY ACT OF 1996 PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SPECIAL EQUITY ACT OF 1996 ARMED FORCES FORCE STRUCTURES REVIEW ACT OF 1996 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL REFORM ACT OF 1996 DEFENSE AGANIST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ACT OF 1996 TRAVEL REFORM AND SAVINGS ACT OF 1996 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PILOT PROGRAM ACT OF 1996 WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT LAND WITHDRAWAL AMENDMENT ACT PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 (SENATE REJECTED DORGAN AMENDMENT NO. 4048, TO REDUCE FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION FOR NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

44 yea · 53 nayAmendment Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 4 nay
Republican3 yea · 48 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1745

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997

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 restraint”

    model(0.90): Reduces authorized funding for national missile defense research and development.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (44)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (3)

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