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House Roll Call 907, 94th Congress · June 18, 1976

TO AMEND THE BUCHANAN SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT FOR THE SNYDER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 13179, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE FOR THE RENEGOTIATION OF THE 1903 PANAMA CANAL TREATY. THE BUCHANAN AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT ANY NEW TREATY MUST PROTECT THE VITAL INTERESTS OF THE U.S.. THE SNYDER AMENDMENT THERETO STRIKES THE PHRASE "VITAL INTERESTS" AND INSERTS "PERPETUATE THE SOVEREIGNTY AND CONTROL" OF THE U.S..

157 yea · 197 nay38 not voting or present
Democrat99 yea · 162 nay
Republican77 yea · 52 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 13179 ↗

State Department Authorization Act

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Policy struggle over Panama Canal treaty language; spending impact is incidental.

    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 (177)

Nay (216)

Not voting or present (38)

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