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House Roll Call 334, 105th Congress · July 29, 1997

H.R.2266 BY YOUNG, BILL (R-FL) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998 (HOUSE REJECTED THE OBEY AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REDUCE AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT FUNDING BY $331 MILLION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 9 B-2 BOMBERS AND INCREASE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT FUNDING BY $105 MILLION FOR AIR NATIONAL GUARD KC-135 AIRCRAFT, INCREASE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM FUNDING BY $12 MILLION FOR THE ARMY BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM, AND APPLY $202 MILLION TOWARD DEFICIT REDUCTION.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

200 yea · 222 nayFailed12 not voting or present
Democrat143 yea · 55 nay
Republican56 yea · 167 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2266

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 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 restraint”

    model(0.90): Voting yes adopts an amendment that reduces defense procurement funding.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Voting yes cuts spending and applies funds to deficit reduction.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations act,appropriations,deficit reduction

    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 (200)

Nay (222)

Not voting or present (12)

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