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Senate Roll Call 228, 109th Congress · September 14, 2005

To establish a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

44 yea · 53 nayMotion Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 1 nay
Republican0 yea · 52 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2862 ↗

Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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(0.80): Establishing an oversight committee to investigate war contracts imposes scrutiny and restraint on military operations.

    Tagged by: keyword:afghanistan

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Creating an investigative committee is an oversight measure, not a direct fiscal expansion or cut.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (44)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (3)

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