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Senate Roll Call 185, 105th Congress · July 17, 1997

An original bill making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED S. 955, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1998.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

91 yea · 8 nayBill Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 2 nay
Republican46 yea · 6 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 955 ↗

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing appropriations for foreign operations expands federal budget authority.

    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 (91)

Nay (8)

Not voting or present (1)

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