House Roll Call 150, 99th Congress · June 18, 1985

TO AMEND H R 1872, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1986 FOR THE ARMED FORCES FOR PROCUREMENT, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. THE ASPIN AMENDMENT REDUCES THE FISCAL YEAR 1986 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BY $10 BILLION TO THE LEVEL SET BY THE HOUSE-PASSED BUDGET RESOLUTION. (MOTION PASSED)

301 yea · 115 nay11 not voting or present

Democrat223 yea · 16 nay

Republican81 yea · 100 nay

Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1872 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986

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(0.95): A yes vote cuts the defense authorization by $10 billion, reflecting military restraint.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”
model(0.95): A yes vote reduces defense authorizations by $10 billion, promoting fiscal restraint.
Tagged by: keyword:appropriations,budget resolution
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 (306)

Nay (116)

Not voting or present (11)

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