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House Roll Call 1060, 105th Congress · September 16, 1998

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE TRAFICANT AMENDMENT THAT SPECIFIES THAT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SHALL ASSIST IN KEEPING ILLEGAL DRUGS OUT OF THE U.S. BY ASSIGNING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ASSIST THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND THE CUSTOMS SERVICE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

291 yea · 133 nayAgreed to10 not voting or present
Democrat87 yea · 112 nay
Republican204 yea · 20 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4300 ↗

Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act

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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Restrictive”

    model(0.90): Deploying armed forces for border enforcement tightens immigration restrictions.

    Tagged by: keyword:immigration,naturalization

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.95): Assigning military personnel to domestic law enforcement expands military duties.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    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 (291)

Nay (133)

Not voting or present (10)

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