Senate Roll Call 809, 104th Congress · July 17, 1996

To prohibit the use of funds for support of more than 68 general officers of the Marine Corps on active duty. — (SENATE REJECTED GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 4463, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF FUNDS FOR SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 68 GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE MARINE CORPS ON ACTIVE DUTY.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

79 yea · 21 nayMotion to Table Agreed to

Democrat34 yea · 13 nay

Republican43 yea · 8 nay

Independent2 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”
model(0.90): Tabling kills a prohibition on marine corps general officers, opposing military restraint.
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 (79)

Nay (21)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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