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House Roll Call 424, 96th Congress · September 13, 1979

TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE FOR A COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4040 (SEE RC 465). THE DELLUMS AMENDMENT SOUGHT TO STRIKE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR A NUCLEAR POWERED CARRIER. (MOTION FAILED)

112 yea · 286 nay28 not voting or present
Democrat102 yea · 152 nay
Republican14 yea · 135 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4040 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980

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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Striking authorization for a nuclear carrier cuts military procurement.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (116)

Nay (290)

Not voting or present (28)

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