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Senate Roll Call 807, 104th Congress · July 17, 1996

To ensure that work under Department of Defense contracts is performed in the United States. — S.1894 BY STEVENS (R-AK) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997 (SENATE REJECTED SIMON AMENDMENT NO. 4591, TO ENSURE THAT WORK UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS IS PERFORMED IN THE UNITED STATES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

69 yea · 29 nayMotion to Table Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat18 yea · 28 nay
Republican50 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1894

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A domestic procurement requirement on contracts does not expand or restrain military capabilities.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Domestic contracting restrictions represent domestic preference regulations rather than direct spending adjustments.

    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 (69)

Nay (29)

Not voting or present (2)

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