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House Roll Call 534, 96th Congress · October 24, 1979

TO PASS H.R. 3947, FISCAL 1980 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION. (MOTION PASSED)

381 yea · 26 nay23 not voting or present
Democrat226 yea · 25 nay
Republican155 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3947

Military Construction Authorization Act, 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 expansion”

    model(0.90): Authorizing military construction expands defense spending and infrastructure.

    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 (383)

Nay (27)

Not voting or present (23)

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