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House Roll Call 163, 96th Congress · May 31, 1979

TO PASS H.R. 2575, AUTHORIZING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL 1979. (MOTION PASSED)

314 yea · 72 nay45 not voting or present
Democrat179 yea · 66 nay
Republican134 yea · 7 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2575

Department of Defense Supplemental Appropriation Authorization Act of 1979

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): Authorizes supplemental defense appropriations, expanding 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): Authorizes additional spending for the Department of Defense.

    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 (316)

Nay (73)

Not voting or present (45)

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