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House Roll Call 1464, 95th Congress · September 29, 1978

TO AMEND H.R. 14042, THE BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979, BY STRIKING A $209 MILLION AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN SHIPBUILDING CLAIMS.

97 yea · 187 nay109 not voting or present
Democrat89 yea · 133 nay
Republican28 yea · 72 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 14042

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 restraint”

    model(0.85): Striking a $209 million shipbuilding authorization reduces military spending.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Striking a $209 million authorization reduces 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 (118)

Nay (205)

Not voting or present (109)

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