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House Roll Call 172, 103rd Congress · May 25, 1993

S.J.R.45 BY MITCHELL, GEORGE (D-ME) -- AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN SOMALIA (HOUSE REJECTED THE GILMAN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE A GENERAL AUTHORIZATION, BUT WOULD REDUCE THE DEADLINE FOR, UNITED STATES TROOP PARTICIPATION FROM ONE YEAR TO SIX MONTHS; DELETE THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION LANGUAGE; AND COMMEND UNITED STATES FORCES FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEIR MISSION IN SOMALIA.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

179 yea · 244 nayFailed10 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 237 nay
Republican171 yea · 10 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.J.Res. 45 ↗

Authorization for Use of United States Armed Forces in Somalia

Policy area: International Affairs — 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(0.85): A yes vote reduces the duration of military troop deployment authorization from one year to six months.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces,war powers

    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 (179)

Nay (248)

Not voting or present (10)

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