Senate Roll Call 230, 112th Congress · December 15, 2011

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Conference Report

86 yea · 13 nayConference Report Agreed to1 not voting or present

Democrat44 yea · 6 nay

Republican40 yea · 6 nay

Independent2 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1540 ↗

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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”
model(0.95): Passing defense authorization expands and funds military activities and strengths.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.95): Authorizing defense appropriations increases government spending authority.
Tagged by: keyword:appropriations
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 (86)

Nay (13)

Not voting or present (1)

Jerry MoranDid not vote

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