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Senate Roll Call 171, 105th Congress · July 11, 1997

To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Space-Based Laser program in excess of the amount requested by the President. — (SENATE REJECTED THE BINGAMAN MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 799, TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR NAVY AND AIR FORCE FLYING HOURS, AND TO OFFSET THE INCREASE BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE SPACE-BASED LASER PROGRAM IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT REQUESTED BY THE PRESIDENT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

43 yea · 56 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 3 nay
Republican1 yea · 52 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 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 (0.85) The amendment reallocates funds from one defense program to another, representing a net-neutral internal budget transfer.

    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 (43)

Nay (56)

Not voting or present (1)

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