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House Roll Call 1254, 95th Congress · August 1, 1978

TO MODIFY THE FASCELL AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12514, THE BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERNAITONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979. THE MODIFIED FASCELL AMENDMENT WILL LIFT THE U.S. ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST TURKEY UPON THE PRESIDENT'S CERTIFICATION TO CONGRESS THAT IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE U.S. AND N.A.T.O. TO DO SO, AND THAT "TURKEY IS ACTING IN GOOD FAITH TO ACHIEVE A JUST AND PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM." THE ORIGINAL FASCELL AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE LIFTED THE ARMS EMBARGO FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AS SOON AS TURKEY REMOVED ITS TROOPS FROM FAMAGUSTA, AND AS SOON AS THE UNITED NATIONS TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF SAID CITY, AND TALKS AIMED AT SETTLEMENT OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM WERE RESUMED.

208 yea · 205 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat131 yea · 143 nay
Republican80 yea · 65 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 12514 ↗

International Security Assistance 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Lifting arms embargo is a foreign policy measure, not a budget issue.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (212)

Nay (210)

Not voting or present (10)

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