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Senate Roll Call 560, 105th Congress · September 9, 1998

A bill to state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED THE MOTION TO INVOKE CLOTURE ON THE MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER S. 1873, STATING THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THE DEPLOYMENT OF A MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES AGAINST LIMITED BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK.)

Question before the chamber: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed

59 yea · 41 nayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Democrat4 yea · 41 nay
Republican53 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1873 ↗

American Missile Protection Act of 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.90): Advancing a measure to deploy a nationwide missile defense system expands military policy and capability.

    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 (59)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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