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House Roll Call 661, 98th Congress · May 24, 1984

TO AMEND H.R. 5167 TO PROVIDE A LIMITATION ON THE INTRODUCTION OF ARMED FORCES INTO OR OVER NICARAGUA OR EL SALVADOR FOR COMBAT, UNLESS THE PRESIDENT DETERMINES THERE EXISTS A SOVIET, SOVIET-BLOC, CUBAN, OR OTHER COMMUNIST THREAT TO THE REGION OR TO THE PEOPLE OR TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES. (MOTION FAILED)

99 yea · 288 nay46 not voting or present
Democrat4 yea · 231 nay
Republican94 yea · 55 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(0.95): A yes vote places limitations on introducing armed forces into combat in Central America.

    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 (99)

Nay (288)

Not voting or present (46)

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