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House Roll Call 391, 98th Congress · October 25, 1983

TO AMEND H.R. 4185, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1984. THE MONTGOMERY AMENDMENT INCREASES FUNDS FOR ARMY AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT BY $81.7 MILLION. (MOTION PASSED)

219 yea · 193 nay18 not voting or present
Democrat118 yea · 127 nay
Republican101 yea · 66 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4185 ↗

Department of Defense Appropriation 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 expansion”

    model(0.95): Increasing procurement funds for Army aircraft expands military spending and equipment.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Increasing appropriations by $81.7 million represents fiscal expansion.

    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 (220)

Nay (195)

Not voting or present (18)

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