Senate Roll Call 45, 105th Congress · April 17, 1997

A bill to provide criminal and civil penalties for the unlawful acquisition, transfer, or use of any chemical weapon or biological weapon, and to reduce the threat of acts of terrorism or armed aggression involving the use of any such weapon against the United States, its citizens, or Armed Forces, or those of any allied country, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED S. 495, AS MODIFIED, TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL ACQUISITION, TRANSFER, OR USE OF ANY CHEMICAL WEAPON OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPON, AND TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF ACTS OF TERRORISM OR ARMED AGGRESSION INVOLVING THE USE OF ANY SUCH WEAPON AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, ITS CITIZENS, OR ARMED FORCES, OR THOSE OF ANY ALLIED COUNTRY.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

53 yea · 44 nayBill Passed3 not voting or present

Democrat1 yea · 44 nay

Republican50 yea · 0 nay

Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 495 ↗

Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction Act of 1997

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 (0.80) Penalties for chemical/biological weapons focus on law enforcement and nonproliferation, not military expansion.
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 (53)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (3)

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