Senate Roll Call 498, 114th Congress · December 8, 2016
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
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 the defense authorization conference report expands military programs.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
- Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.95): Passing the defense authorization conference report authorizes federal spending.
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 (92)
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt
- Cory A. Booker
- John Boozman
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Christopher A. Coons
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Richard J. Durbin
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Al Franken
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- Mazie K. Hirono
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Joe Manchin, III
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Sasse
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Tom Udall
- David Vitter
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
Not voting or present (1)
- Tom CottonDid not vote
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