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House Roll Call 600, 105th Congress · November 7, 1997

Intelligence Authorization, FY 1998 — S.858 BY SHELBY (R-AL) -- INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 858, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 FOR INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Conference Report

385 yea · 36 nayPassed12 not voting or present
Democrat166 yea · 31 nay
Republican219 yea · 4 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 858 ↗

Intelligence 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(0.85): Authorizes appropriations for defense intelligence activities.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Authorizes federal spending for intelligence programs.

    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 (385)

Nay (36)

Not voting or present (12)

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