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Senate Roll Call 808, 97th Congress · August 11, 1982

(CONTINUED) TO AMEND H.R. 6863 TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THE BILL SHALL BE DEEMED TO CHANGE OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE STANDARDS AN PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947, AS AMENDED, THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961, AS AMENDED, AND THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973. THE BUMPERS AMENDMENT FURTHER PROVIDES THAT THE ACT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION FOR INTRODUCTION OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES CONTEMPLATED BY THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 38

97 yea · 2 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 0 nay
Republican50 yea · 2 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(0.95): Clarifying that the bill does not authorize troops under the War Powers Resolution favors military restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces,war powers

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The measure addresses War Powers procedures, 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 (97)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (1)

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