House Roll Call 677, 98th Congress · May 31, 1984

TO AGREE TO THE DICKINSON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5167, AS AMENDED BY THE PRICE AND BENNETT AMENDMENT. 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 PRICE AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE AUTHORIZATIONS CONTAINED IN THE BILL TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS ALREADY ADOPTED APPROVING 15 MISSILES TO BE PROCURED IF THE SOVIETS FAIL TO ACT IN A MANNER TO CONTROL SIMILAR MISSILE SYSTEMS TO THE MX. 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)

198 yea · 197 nay23 not voting or present

Democrat185 yea · 55 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(0.90): A yes vote adopts the amendment requiring explicit congressional joint resolution approval to release MX missile funds.
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 (206)

Nay (205)

Not voting or present (23)

William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr.Did not vote
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr.Did not vote
Charles Wayne DowdyDid not vote
Mervyn Malcolm DymallyDid not vote
Glenn Lee English Jr.Did not vote
Jonas Frost IIIPresent
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
Thomas Andrew LukenDid not vote
Stanley Nelson LundineDid not vote
David Keith McCurdyDid not vote
Robert A. RoeDid not vote
Charles Grandison Rose IIIDid not vote
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Did not vote
Paul Martin SimonDid not vote
Morris King UdallDid not vote

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