House Roll Call 85, 100th Congress · May 6, 1987

TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO STRIKE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REQUIRE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1972 U.S.SOVIET TREATY LIMITING ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE ABM SYSTEMS.

159 yea · 262 nay11 not voting or present

Democrat16 yea · 222 nay

Republican143 yea · 38 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1748 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 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): Striking compliance requirements for the ABM treaty removes limits on military expansion.
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 (160)

Nay (262)

Not voting or present (11)

William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Frank AnnunzioDid not vote
John Conyers, Jr.Did not vote
Eligio II de la GarzaDid not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote
Walter Beaman Jones Sr.Did not vote
Nicholas James MavroulesDid not vote
David Keith McCurdyDid not vote
Joseph Michael McDadeDid not vote
Stewart Brett McKinneyDid not vote
Itimous Thaddeus, Jr., ValentineDid not vote

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