Senate Roll Call 92, 109th Congress · April 13, 2005

To increase the military death gratuity to $100,000, effective with respect to any deaths of members of the Armed Forces on active duty after October 7, 2001.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

25 yea · 75 nayMotion Rejected

Democrat0 yea · 44 nay

Republican25 yea · 29 nay

Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1268 ↗

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005

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 expansion”
model(0.85): Increases financial military benefits for families of fallen service members.
Tagged by: keyword:armed forces
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.90): Increases military death gratuity payments, expanding spending.
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 (25)

Nay (75)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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