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Senate Roll Call 217, 112th Congress · December 1, 2011

To clarify the disposition under the law of war of persons detained by the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

41 yea · 59 nayAmendment Rejected
Democrat1 yea · 49 nay
Republican38 yea · 9 nay
Independent2 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1867

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.30) Text stating 'to clarify' is too vague.

    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.

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