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House Roll Call 130, 97th Congress · July 16, 1981

TO AMEND H.R. 3519, BY PROHIBITING WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, THE PURCHASE BY THE MILITARY OF ADMINISTRATIVE MOTOR VEHICLES MANUFACTURED OUT OF THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA. (MOTION AGREED TO)

230 yea · 187 nay13 not voting or present
Democrat144 yea · 80 nay
Republican87 yea · 105 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Imposes a Buy American restriction on military motor vehicles, unrelated to military scope.

    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 (232)

Nay (187)

Not voting or present (13)

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