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House Roll Call 1348, 95th Congress · September 7, 1978

TO PASS H.R. 10929, THE BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR WEAPONS PROCUREMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979, THUS OVERRIDING THE PRESIDENT'S AUG. 17 VETO OF THE BILL.

191 yea · 206 nay19 not voting or present
Democrat84 yea · 184 nay
Republican113 yea · 29 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 10929

Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act

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): Overrides presidential veto to authorize funding for Department of Defense weapons procurement.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): A yes authorizes defense procurement appropriations over a veto, expanding 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 (199)

Nay (214)

Not voting or present (19)

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