House Roll Call 143, 99th Congress · June 12, 1985

TO AMEND H R 2577 TO: SET FORTH UNITED STATES POLICY OBJECTIVES WITH RESPECT TO NICARAGUA; PROVIDE $14 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO NICARAGUAN REFUGEES OUTSIDE OF NICARAGUA TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE RED CROSS OR THE U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES; AND PROVIDE AUTHORITY FOR THE USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTADORA PEACE PROCESS. (MOTION FAILED)

174 yea · 254 nay5 not voting or present

Democrat167 yea · 74 nay

Republican5 yea · 179 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 expansion”
model(0.95): A yes vote authorizes $14 million in refugee assistance, expanding spending.
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 (174)

Nay (254)

Not voting or present (5)

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