House Roll Call 640, 100th Congress · May 26, 1988

TO AMEND HR 4387, FISCAL 1989 INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS, TO STRIKE A PROVISION PROHIBITING THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FROM SPENDING ANY FUNDS TO ASSIST THE NICARAGUAN CONTRAS.

190 yea · 214 nay13 not voting or present

Democrat36 yea · 201 nay

Republican160 yea · 19 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4387 ↗

Intelligence Authorization Act, 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(0.95): Striking the prohibition allows CIA aid to Contras, expanding military activity.
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 (197)

Nay (222)

Not voting or present (13)

Leslie AspinDid not vote
Mario BiaggiDid not vote
John Wiley BryantDid not vote
Norman D. DicksDid not vote
John James DuncanDid not vote
Albert Michael EspyDid not vote
Sam GejdensonDid not vote
Ed JonesDid not vote
Jerry LewisDid not vote
Manuel Luján Jr.Did not vote
Daniel Andrew MicaDid not vote
Marge RoukemaDid not vote
Floyd SpenceDid not vote

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