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House Roll Call 581, 100th Congress · May 3, 1988

TO AMEND HR 4264, FISCAL 1989 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION IN THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM'S RECORDS CAN BE CONSIDERED EVIDENCE OF A PERSON'S FAILURE TO REGISTER UNLESS THAT PERSON DISCLOSES CERTAIN MISSING INFORMATION.

262 yea · 140 nay25 not voting or present
Democrat106 yea · 129 nay
Republican155 yea · 13 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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 expansion”

    model(0.85): Enforcing Selective Service draft registration strengthens military readiness.

    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 (263)

Nay (143)

Not voting or present (25)

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