House Roll Call 127, 95th Congress · April 22, 1977

TO AMEND H.R. 5970, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL 1978, BY PROHIBITING THE PURCHASE OF THREE AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AIRCRAFTS (AWACS) UNLESS THAT PURCHASE IS AGREED TO BY NATO.

135 yea · 222 nay55 not voting or present

Democrat137 yea · 120 nay

Republican7 yea · 111 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5970 ↗

Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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 restraint”
model(0.90): Restricting AWACS purchase imposes military restraint.
Tagged by: keyword:nato
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”
model(0.85): Restricting AWACS procurement cuts defense 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 (145)

Nay (233)

Not voting or present (55)

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