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Senate Roll Call 987, 96th Congress · November 21, 1980

TO AMEND H.R. 8105, FISCAL 1981 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, BY PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE REACTIVATION OF THE U.S.S. NEW JERSEY. (MOTION FAILED)

36 yea · 39 nay25 not voting or present
Democrat16 yea · 28 nay
Republican20 yea · 10 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8105

Department of Defense 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(0.95): Providing funds to reactivate a naval battleship expands military capabilities.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Providing funds to reactivate a military vessel increases federal 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 (36)

Nay (39)

Not voting or present (25)

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