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House Roll Call 377, 98th Congress · October 20, 1983

TO AMEND H.R. 2968 TO STRIKE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL RELATING TO COVERT ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA AND SUBSTITUTES LANGUAGE PROHIBITING COVERT AID TO GROUPS ATTEMPTING THE OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA; AND ADD LANGUAGE THAT AUTHORIZES $50 MILLION TO HELP CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES INTERDICT ARMS SHIPMENTS BY NICARAGUA AND CUBA TO THOSE SEEKING THE OVERTHROW OF CENTRAL AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS. THE NEW LANGUAGE WOULD ALSO DIRECT THE PRESIDENT TO SEEK OAS ACTION TO BRING NICARAGUA INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE OAS CHARTER. (MOTION PASSED)

227 yea · 194 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat210 yea · 46 nay
Republican19 yea · 151 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2968 ↗

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 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(0.85): Prohibiting covert assistance for military operations in Nicaragua represents military restraint.

    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 (231)

Nay (198)

Not voting or present (4)

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