House Roll Call 258, 98th Congress · July 26, 1983

TO AMEND H.R. 2969 TO REQUIRE 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 FAILED)

165 yea · 259 nay8 not voting or present

Democrat154 yea · 99 nay

Republican10 yea · 159 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military restraint”
model(0.95): Requires congressional authorization prior to deploying military troops in Central America.
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 (165)

Nay (260)

Not voting or present (8)

John Conyers, Jr.Did not vote
Thomas Stephen FoleyDid not vote
Cecil Landau HeftelDid not vote
Jerry LewisDid not vote
Major R. OwensDid not vote
Gus SavageDid not vote
Lyle WilliamsDid not vote
Charles WilsonDid not vote

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