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House Roll Call 257, 98th Congress · July 26, 1983

TO LIMIT DEBATE ON THE MARKEY AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2969. THE MARKEY AMENDMENT REQUIRES CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION PRIOR TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS IN CENTRAL AMERICA UNLESS USED TO PROVIDE FOR THE EVACUATION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS OR TO RESPOND TO A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER OF MILITARY ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES. (MOTION PASSED)

213 yea · 195 nay24 not voting or present
Democrat104 yea · 139 nay
Republican109 yea · 54 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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 (0.95) Motion to limit debate is a procedural floor vote.

    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 (214)

Nay (195)

Not voting or present (24)

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