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Senate Roll Call 804, 97th Congress · August 11, 1982

TO TABLE THE PERCY AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6863, WHICH REAFFIRMS UNITED STATES' LONGSTANDING DETERMINATION (A) TO PREVENT IN CUBA THE STATIONING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY THE SOVIET UNION, THE DEVELOPMENT OR ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, OR ANY OTHER EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED MILITARY CAPABILITY ENDANGERING THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES; (2) TO RESIST EFFORTS BY CUBA TO EXTEND ITS MARXIST-LENINIST IDEOLOGY OR POLITICAL SYSTEM IN THE HEMISPHERE BY FORCE OR THE THREAT OF FORCE IN VIOLATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS; (3) TO PURSUE ANY DIPLOMATIC OPPORTUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE AFFORDED BY THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, WITH A REASONABLE PROSPECT OF LEADING TO THE REDUCTION OF AGGRESSIVE OR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES BY CUBA OR ANY OTHER STATE IN THE HEMISPHERE; AND (4) TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE HEMISPHERE TO ACHIEVE PEACEFUL AND DEMOCRATIC SELF-DETERMINATION IN CUBA AND IN ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE HEMISPHERE. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 38

48 yea · 51 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat9 yea · 37 nay
Republican38 yea · 14 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6863

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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(0.90): Tabling a resolution asserting a firm defense posture against Cuba rejects military expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:nuclear weapons

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The measure addresses foreign policy toward Cuba, not fiscal spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (48)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (1)

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