House Roll Call 140, 99th Congress · June 12, 1985

TO AMEND THE MCDADE AMENDMENT TO H R 2577. THE MCDADE AMENDMENT PROVIDES $27 MILLION IN HUMANITARIAN AID FOR NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTENCE TO BE ALLOCATED IN THREE EQUAL INSTALLMENTS BY A UNITED STATES AGENCY OTHER THAN THE C.I.A. OR THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, AND AUTHORIZES $2 MILLION TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONTADORA AGREEMENT. THE BOLAND AMENDMENT CONTINUES THE PROHIBITION, UNTIL REPEALED BY JOINT RESOLUTION, OF ANY FUNDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, MILITARY OR PARAMILITARY OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA BY ANY NATION, GROUP, ORGANIZATION, MOVEMENT, OR INDIVIDUAL. (MOTION FAILED)

196 yea · 232 nay5 not voting or present

Democrat187 yea · 53 nay

Republican7 yea · 178 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2577 ↗

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”
model(0.90): A yes vote prohibits spending on military and paramilitary operations in Nicaragua.
Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance
Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (196)

Nay (232)

Not voting or present (5)

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