House Roll Call 643, 97th Congress · August 19, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 6968, A BILL APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1983. THE OBEY AMENDMENT REDUCES BY 30.8 PERCENT EACH APPROPRIATION FOR ANY ACCOUNT, ACTIVITY, OR PROJECT IN THE BILL. (MOTION FAILED)

34 yea · 322 nay78 not voting or present

Democrat29 yea · 156 nay

Republican5 yea · 164 nay

Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6968 ↗

Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1983

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(0.95): Cutting military construction spending by 30.8% restrains military expansion.
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 (34)

Nay (322)

Not voting or present (78)

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