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House Roll Call 653, 98th Congress · May 23, 1984

TO AMEND THE BROWN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5167 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE BROWN AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS AUTHORIZED IN THE BILL FOR TESTING OF THE SPACE DEFENSE SYSTEM (ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPON) AGAINST AN OBJECT IN SPACE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES TO CONGRESS THAT THE SOVIET UNION HAS CONDUCTED, AFTER THE DATE OF ENACTMENT OF THIS ACT, A TEST OF A DEDICATED ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPON. THE MCCURDY SUBSTITUTE PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPONS FOR A PERIOD BEGINING OCT. 1, 1984, AND ENDING MAR. 31, 1985, AND CONTINUES THE LIMITATION UNTIL THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES TO CONGRESS THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET THE SOVIET UNION TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES IN THE CONTROL, LIMITATION, AND REDUCTION OF SUCH WEAPONS. (MOTION FAILED)

186 yea · 229 nay17 not voting or present
Democrat56 yea · 193 nay
Republican130 yea · 34 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): Imposing a moratorium on anti-satellite weapon testing 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 (187)

Nay (229)

Not voting or present (17)

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