House Roll Call 676, 98th Congress · May 31, 1984

TO AMEND THE DICKINSON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5167. THE DICKINSON AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS AFTER APR. 1, 1985 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 15 MX MISSILES, PROVIDING THE PRESIDENT HAS CERTIFIED TO CONGRESS THAT THE SOVIETS WERE NOT NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH ON ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT. THE BENNETT AMENDMENT PROHIBITS OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR ACQUISITION OF MX MISSILES UNLESS THE CONGRESS APPROVES THE OBLIGATION OF SUCH FUNDS BY JOINT RESOLUTION AFTER APR. 1, 1985. (MOTION PASSED)

199 yea · 197 nay21 not voting or present

Democrat186 yea · 56 nay

Republican19 yea · 149 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 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 prohibits funding for MX missiles without subsequent congressional approval by joint resolution.
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 (207)

Nay (206)

Not voting or present (21)

William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr.Did not vote
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr.Did not vote
Don Leroy BonkerDid not vote
George William Crockett Jr.Did not vote
Charles Wayne DowdyDid not vote
Mervyn Malcolm DymallyDid not vote
Glenn Lee English Jr.Did not vote
Sam Melville GibbonsDid not vote
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr.Did not vote
George Vernon HansenDid not vote
Charles Floyd HatcherDid not vote
Augustus Freeman HawkinsDid not vote
James John HowardDid not vote
Edgar Lanier JenkinsDid not vote
Joseph Paul KolterDid not vote
Stanley Nelson LundineDid not vote
David Keith McCurdyDid not vote
Robert A. RoeDid not vote
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Did not vote
Paul Martin SimonDid not vote

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