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House Roll Call 350, 105th Congress · September 3, 1997

Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 1998 — H.R.2266 BY YOUNG, BILL (R-FL) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998 (HOUSE AGREED THAT THE CONFERENCE MEETINGS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON H.R. 2266 BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AT SUCH TIMES AS CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION; PROVIDED, THAT ANY SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS SHALL HAVE A RIGHT TO ATTEND ANY CLOSED OR OPEN MEETING. .)

Question before the chamber: On Closing Portions of the Conference

420 yea · 4 nayPassed9 not voting or present
Democrat194 yea · 4 nay
Republican225 yea · 0 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A vote to close committee sessions for classified briefings is procedural.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Procedural vote to close conference meetings.

    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 (420)

Nay (4)

Not voting or present (9)

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.