House Roll Call 247, 98th Congress · July 20, 1983

TO AMEND H.R. 2969, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984. THE DICKS AMENDMENT REQUIRES COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING FOR THE BUILDING OF THE M-1 TANK ENGINE IF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY CERTIFIES THAT IT IS COST-EFFECTIVE. (MOTION FAILED)

187 yea · 241 nay5 not voting or present

Democrat115 yea · 139 nay

Republican71 yea · 100 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2969 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984

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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Contracting rules do not directly expand or restrain military power.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”
model(0.85): Requiring cost-effective competitive contracting aims to reduce government procurement 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 (187)

Nay (241)

Not voting or present (5)

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