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House Roll Call 1111, 95th Congress · June 16, 1978

TO PASS H.R. 12927, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979.

278 yea · 13 nay138 not voting or present
Democrat183 yea · 11 nay
Republican96 yea · 3 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 12927

Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1979

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 appropriations for military construction expands military funding and 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 an appropriations bill 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 (282)

Nay (14)

Not voting or present (138)

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