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House Roll Call 234, 105th Congress · June 25, 1997

National Defense Authorization Act — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 1119, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999. .)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

304 yea · 120 nayPassed10 not voting or present
Democrat97 yea · 104 nay
Republican207 yea · 15 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1119 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

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): Passing defense authorization expands military spending and personnel capacity.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizing military appropriations increases federal defense 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 (304)

Nay (120)

Not voting or present (10)

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