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House Roll Call 416, 95th Congress · July 21, 1977

THAT THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON H.R. 7933, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL 1978, BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AT SUCH TIME AS CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

376 yea · 0 nay51 not voting or present
Democrat244 yea · 0 nay
Republican136 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7933

Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1978

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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Closing a committee meeting for classified security matters is a procedural rule, not a defense posture policy.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Closing committee meetings for classified information is procedural and does not alter spending levels.

    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 (382)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (51)

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