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House Roll Call 108, 97th Congress · July 9, 1981

TO AMEND THE HANSEN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3519, BY PROVIDING CONGRESS WITH A 60-DAY PERIOD IN WHICH TO APPROVE THE MX MISSILE SYSTEM BASING MODE SELECTED BY THE PRESIDENT (MOTION FAILED)

201 yea · 207 nay15 not voting or present
Democrat155 yea · 69 nay
Republican48 yea · 141 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3519

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982

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(0.80): Requiring congressional approval for MX missile basing modes imposes legislative oversight.

    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 (205)

Nay (211)

Not voting or present (15)

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