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House Roll Call 581, 96th Congress · November 13, 1979

TO CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON H.R. 5359, DOD APPROPRIATIONS, AT SUCH TIMES AS CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. (MOTION PASSED)

381 yea · 0 nay49 not voting or present
Democrat236 yea · 0 nay
Republican145 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5359

Department of Defense Appropriation 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A procedural vote to close conference committee meetings to discuss classified information.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A procedural vote to close conference committee meetings to discuss classified information.

    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 (384)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (49)

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