House Roll Call 645, 98th Congress · May 23, 1984

TO AMEND H.R. 5167 TO PROHIBIT THE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PERSHING II MISSILES UNTIL APR. 1, 1985, AND TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO NOTIFY CONGRESS OF HIS DETERMINATION THAT THE SOVIET UNION HAD NOT ACTED TO FURTHER THE CONTROL AND LIMITATION OF TYPES OF INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR MISSILE WEAPON SYSTEMS BEFORE THE FUNDS COULD BE OBLIGATED. (MOTION FAILED)

122 yea · 294 nay12 not voting or present

Democrat115 yea · 136 nay

Republican8 yea · 159 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5167 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985

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(0.90): Delaying Pershing II missile funding pending foreign policy conditions exercises 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 (124)

Nay (297)

Not voting or present (12)

Cardiss CollinsDid not vote
Wyche Fowler Jr.Did not vote
Henry Barbosa GonzálezPresent
Katie Beatrice HallDid not vote
George Vernon HansenDid not vote
Stanley Nelson LundineDid not vote
Bob McEwenDid not vote
George MillerDid not vote
John P. MurthaDid not vote
Nick J. Rahall IIDid not vote
Martin Anthony RussoDid not vote
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Did not vote

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