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House Roll Call 573, 100th Congress · May 2, 1988

TO AMEND HR 4264, FISCAL 1989 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO PROHIBIT UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DEPLOYMENT IN NICARAGUA UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS AND WHERE THERE EXISTS A CLEAR MILITARY THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES OR ITS ALLIES.

276 yea · 92 nay52 not voting or present
Democrat197 yea · 15 nay
Republican86 yea · 79 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4264

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989

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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Prohibits unauthorized US military deployment in Nicaragua.

    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 (284)

Nay (95)

Not voting or present (52)

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