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Senate Roll Call 329, 98th Congress · November 7, 1983

TO AMEND H.R. 4185 TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD ANNOUNCE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUSPEND FLIGHT TESTING OF NEW MIRVED INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES, WHILE STRATEGIC ARMS NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED, IF THE SOVIET UNION IS ALSO WILLING TO SUSPEND THE FLIGHT TESTING OF SUCH MISSILES; AND THAT ANY AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION PROVIDING FOR SUCH SHOULD PROVIDE THE RELIABLE MEANS FOR VERIFICATION. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 22

42 yea · 50 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 8 nay
Republican10 yea · 42 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4185 ↗

Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1984

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) Non-binding sense of the Senate resolutions are non-enforceable policy statements.

    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 (42)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (8)

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