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Senate Roll Call 538, 109th Congress · June 15, 2006

To authorize, with an offset, assistance for prodemocracy programs and activities inside and outside Iran, to make clear that the United States supports the ability of the people of Iran to exercise self-determination over their form of government, and to make enhancements to the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act of 1996.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

45 yea · 54 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat3 yea · 40 nay
Republican41 yea · 13 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2766 ↗

John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

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(0.85): Authorizing sanctions and assistance regarding Iran advances a hawkish foreign policy posture.

    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 (45)

Nay (54)

Not voting or present (1)

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