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House Roll Call 55, 98th Congress · April 21, 1983

TO AMEND THE CARNEY AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 13 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE CARNEY AMENDMENT STATES THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF A BILATERAL AGREEMENT EMBODYING THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESOLUTION, NOTHING IN THE RESOLUTION IS INTENDED TO PREVENT THE UNITED STATES FROM CARRYING OUT ITS RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE DEC. 1979 NATO DECISION REGARDING INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES (I.E., PERSHING II AND GROUND-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILES). THE ZABLOCKI AMENDMENT STATES THAT UNTIL AN ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT IS REACHED THE DEPLOYMENT OF PERSHING II AND GROUND-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILES IN EUROUPE WILL GO FORWARD. (MOTION PASSED)

221 yea · 195 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat204 yea · 47 nay
Republican20 yea · 150 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 13 ↗

A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons.

Policy area: International Affairs — 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(0.90): Mandating deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe supports military expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:nato

    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 (225)

Nay (199)

Not voting or present (9)

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