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Senate Roll Call 550, 95th Congress · October 7, 1977

TO PASS S. 1863, THE BILL AUTHORIZING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978.

66 yea · 1 nay30 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 0 nay
Republican24 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1863

Department of Defense Supplemental Appropriation Authorization 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): Authorizing supplemental defense appropriations expands military spending.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Authorizing additional defense appropriations expands 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 (69)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (30)

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