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House Roll Call 751, 97th Congress · December 7, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 7355, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1983. THE ADDABBO AMENDMENT DELETES ALL FUNDS ($988 MILLION) FOR THE MX MISSILE. (MOTION PASSED)

245 yea · 176 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat192 yea · 32 nay
Republican50 yea · 144 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7355

Department of Defense 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): Deleting all funding for the MX missile reduces defense programs and reflects military restraint.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): Deleting $988 million for the MX missile cuts authorized government spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (245)

Nay (176)

Not voting or present (12)

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