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House Roll Call 642, 105th Congress · February 5, 1998

Disapproving the cancellations on Military Construction — H.R.2631 BY SKEEN (R-NM) -- CANCELLATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT REGARDING PUBLIC LAW 105-45, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998 (112 STAT. 19) (PUBLIC LAW 105-159, APPROVED BY OVERRIDE OF VETO 2/25/98) (HOUSE VOTED TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF H.R. 2631, DISAPPROVING THE CANCELLATIONS TRANSMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT ON OCTOBER 6, 1997, REGARDING PUBLIC LAW 105-45. .)

Question before the chamber: Passage, Objections of the President Notwithstanding

347 yea · 69 nayPassed14 not voting or present
Democrat148 yea · 45 nay
Republican198 yea · 24 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2631

Disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45.

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): Overriding the veto restores canceled military construction projects, expanding military infrastructure funding.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Overriding the veto disapproves spending cancellations, restoring spending and expanding federal outlays.

    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 (347)

Nay (69)

Not voting or present (14)

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