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Senate Roll Call 51, 105th Congress · April 24, 1997

An executive resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, subject to certain conditions. — (TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATORS PRESENT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE AGREED TO THE RESOLUTION OF RATIFICATION (S. EXEC. RES. 75) TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, STOCKPILING AND USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION, OPENED FOR SIGNATURE AND SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES AT PARIS ON JANUARY 13, 1993.)

Question before the chamber: On the Resolution of Ratification

74 yea · 26 nayResolution of Ratification Agreed to
Democrat45 yea · 0 nay
Republican27 yea · 26 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Res. 75 ↗

An executive resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, subject to certain conditions.

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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Ratifying a treaty to ban and destroy chemical weapons promotes military restraint.

    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 (74)

Nay (26)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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