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Senate Roll Call 89, 96th Congress · May 14, 1979

TO TABLE THE CHURCH SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO THE HELMS AMENDMENT TO S. 1007, A BILL FOR EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI SECURITY ASSISTANCE. THE HELMS AMENDMENT PROHIBITS FUNDS FROM BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY COUNTRY WHICH IS NOT A PARTY TO THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE CHURCH AMENDMENT URGES ALL NATIONS, INCLUDING ISRAEL AND EGYPT, WHO ARE NOT A PARTY TO THE TREATY TO BECOME SO. (MOTION FAILED)

7 yea · 76 nay15 not voting or present
Democrat3 yea · 46 nay
Republican4 yea · 31 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1007 ↗

An act to authorize supplemental international security assistance for the fiscal year 1979 in support of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and for other purposes.

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(0.80): Tabling substitute preserves strict limits on military assistance to non-NPT signatories.

    Tagged by: keyword:nuclear weapons

    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 (7)

Nay (78)

Not voting or present (15)

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