House Roll Call 818, 103rd Congress · June 9, 1994

(ON A SEPARATE VOTE, THE HOUSE REJECTED THE GOSS AMENDMENT THAT EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE UNITED STATES ESTABISH A "SAFE HAVEN" ON ILE DE LA GONAVE TO PROCESS VISAS FOR REFUGEES; TO ESTABLISH AN AREA FOR THE LEGITIMATE HAITIAN ADMINISTRATION TO GOVERN; AND THAT THE PRESIDENT UNDERTAKE NO MILITARY ACTION AGAINST HAITI UNLESS IT PRESENTS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE UNITED STATES .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

195 yea · 226 nayFailed13 not voting or present

Democrat21 yea · 218 nay

Republican174 yea · 7 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4301 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995

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): A yes vote restricts military action against Haiti unless a direct threat exists.
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 (195)

Nay (226)

Not voting or present (13)

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