House Roll Call 256, 98th Congress · July 26, 1983

TO AMEND H.R. 2969 TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ADVISERS STATIONED IN EL SALVADOR TO 55 AND THE NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO THE NUMBER STATIONED THERE ON JULY 25, 1983. (MOTION FAILED)

170 yea · 247 nay15 not voting or present

Democrat153 yea · 95 nay

Republican16 yea · 152 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 0 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military restraint”
model(0.95): Limits military advisers and personnel stationed in El Salvador.
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 (171)

Nay (247)

Not voting or present (15)

William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Mario BiaggiDid not vote
John Conyers, Jr.Did not vote
Lane A. EvansDid not vote
Thomas Stephen FoleyDid not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote
William Eldridge FrenzelDid not vote
Richard Andrew GephardtDid not vote
Cecil Landau HeftelDid not vote
Norman Frederick LentDid not vote
Jerry LewisDid not vote
Charles B. RangelDid not vote
Morris King UdallDid not vote
Lyle WilliamsDid not vote
Charles WilsonDid not vote

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