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Senate Roll Call 387, 96th Congress · November 6, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 5359, DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, BY ALLOWING MONEY TO BE SET ASIDE FOR SURPLUS LABOR AREAS IN NONSTRATEGIC PROCUREMENT. (MOTION FAILED)

29 yea · 59 nay11 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 28 nay
Republican7 yea · 30 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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 (0.85) Setting aside nonstrategic procurement funds for surplus labor areas does not alter military posture.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Allocating procurement funds to surplus labor areas is a spending reallocation rather than fiscal expansion.

    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 (30)

Nay (59)

Not voting or present (11)

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