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Senate Roll Call 786, 96th Congress · June 30, 1980

TO AMEND H.R. 6974, FISCAL 1981 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS, BY INSURING THAT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RETAINS THE AUTHORITY TO SET FORTH THE CRITERIA AND THE TIMING OF THE FORRESTAL SLEP. (MOTION PASSED)

57 yea · 28 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 14 nay
Republican21 yea · 13 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6974

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981

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) Retaining DoD administrative flexibility on project criteria does not clearly expand or restrain military scope.

    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 (58)

Nay (28)

Not voting or present (14)

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