House Roll Call 667, 98th Congress · May 30, 1984

TO AMEND THE NICHOLS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5167. THE NICHOLS AMENDMENT ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND COMPETITION AS A MEANS OF ENDING THE EXCESSIVE PRICES THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PAYS FOR SPARE PARTS PROCUREMENTS. THE BEDELL AMENDMENT PROVIDES REFORMS IN THE DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING AND MANAGING SPARE PARTS, INCREASING COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING, ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ACQUISITION OF SUPPLIES, AND CHANGES CONCERNING PROPRIETARY CONTROL OVER SPARE PARTS DESIGN.

324 yea · 75 nay29 not voting or present

Democrat200 yea · 40 nay

Republican126 yea · 37 nay

Other1 yea · 0 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This amendment addresses defense procurement procedures and contracting rules rather than military scale.
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 (327)

Nay (77)

Not voting or present (29)

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