House Roll Call 483, 95th Congress · September 8, 1977

TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 7933, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978.

361 yea · 36 nay27 not voting or present

Democrat228 yea · 40 nay

Republican135 yea · 1 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other2 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”
model(0.95): Approving defense appropriations expands military funding.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.95): Approving annual defense appropriations increases federal spending outlays.
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 (366)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (27)

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