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House Roll Call 67, 98th Congress · April 28, 1983

TO AMEND THE SILJANDER AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 13. THE SILJANDER AMENDMENT STATES THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF H. J. RES. 13 ARE THE COEQUAL PURSUIT OF A NUCLEAR FREEZE, AND THEN REDUCTIONS IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE LEACH AMENDMENT STATES THAT THE FIRST OBJECTIVE OF H. J. RES. 13. IS TO NEGOTIATE FOR A FREEZE, AND THEN PURSUE REDUCTIONS IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS. (MOTION PASSED)

215 yea · 194 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat200 yea · 48 nay
Republican19 yea · 151 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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 restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote prioritizes negotiating a nuclear freeze and weapons reductions.

    Tagged by: keyword:nuclear weapons

    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 (221)

Nay (200)

Not voting or present (12)

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