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Senate Roll Call 166, 105th Congress · July 10, 1997

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the availability and potential risks relating to the sale of certain computers. — (SENATE AGREED TO GRAMS AMENDMENT NO. 422 TO AMENDMENT NO. 420, TO REQUIRE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE AVAILABILITY AND POTENTIAL RISKS RELATING TO THE SALE OF CERTAIN COMPUTERS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

72 yea · 27 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 7 nay
Republican33 yea · 20 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 936 ↗

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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Mandating a study on computer sales and risks is a procedural study unrelated to military force levels.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (72)

Nay (27)

Not voting or present (1)

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