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House Roll Call 590, 97th Congress · August 5, 1982

TO AMEND H.J. RES. 521 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. H. J. RES. 521 CALLS FOR A MUTUAL AND VERIFIABLE FREEZE ON AND REDUCTIONS IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND FOR APPROVAL OF THE SALT II AGREEMENT. THE BROOMFIELD SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT EXPRESSES THE SUPPORT OF CONGRESS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION TO ENGAGE IN SUBSTANTIAL, VERIFIABLE, EQUITABLE, AND MILITARILY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS OF THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPONS, RESULTING IN EQUAL AND SHARPLY REDUCED FORCE LEVELS WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE AND STABILITY. THE BROOMFIELD AMENDMENT WAS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED BY THE GILMAN AMENDMENT WHICH EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CONTINUED ARMS RACE AND THE ACCOMPANYING INCREASED RISK OF NUCLEAR WAR ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY BE GIVEN TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE START NEGOTIATIONS IN A TIMELY FASHION. (MOTION PASSED)

204 yea · 202 nay22 not voting or present
Democrat47 yea · 174 nay
Republican159 yea · 30 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 521

A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons and for approval of the SALT II agreement.

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): Calls for nuclear arms reductions

    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 (207)

Nay (206)

Not voting or present (22)

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