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Senate Roll Call 927, 96th Congress · September 17, 1980

TO TABLE PRYOR AMENDMENT TO JACKSON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 7592, FISCAL 1981 APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPT. OF DEFENSE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. SEE RC 404. THE PRYOR AMENDMENT CLARIFIES EXPENDITURES FOR SUCH WEAPON PRODUCTION FUNDS UNTIL 3/1/81. (MOTION PASSED)

49 yea · 38 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 29 nay
Republican26 yea · 11 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7592

Military Construction Appropriation 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.90): Tabling a delay on weapon production funds allows military construction to proceed.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Tabling a restriction on weapons funding timing is a policy fight rather than direct spending.

    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 (50)

Nay (40)

Not voting or present (10)

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