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Senate Roll Call 422, 98th Congress · April 4, 1984

TO TABLE THE LEAHY AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 492 TO PROHIBIT THE INTRODUCTION OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO OR OVER EL SALVADOR FOR COMBAT PURPOSES UNLESS THE CONGRESS HAS DECLARED WAR OR ENACTED SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION FOR SUCH USE OF U.S. ARMED FORCES, OR SUCH INTRODUCTION OF U.S. ARMED FORCES IS NECESSARY TO MEET A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER OF HOSTILE ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES OR TO MEET A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO, AND TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL AND IMMEDIATE EVACUATION OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 26

59 yea · 36 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat10 yea · 32 nay
Republican49 yea · 4 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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 expansion”

    model(0.95): Tabling a restriction on introducing US forces into El Salvador allows military involvement.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    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 (59)

Nay (36)

Not voting or present (5)

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