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House Roll Call 597, 95th Congress · October 12, 1977

TO PASS H.R. 8390, THE BILL AUTHORIZING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978.

347 yea · 37 nay49 not voting or present
Democrat220 yea · 35 nay
Republican126 yea · 2 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8390 ↗

A bill to authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1978 for procurement of aircraft and missiles, and research, development, test and evaluation for the Armed Forces.

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): Passing supplemental 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): Passing supplemental appropriations increases total federal 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 (348)

Nay (37)

Not voting or present (49)

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