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House Roll Call 156, 99th Congress · June 19, 1985

TO AMEND THE PORTER AMENDMENT TO H R 1872. THE PORTER AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT NONE OF THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED MAY BE USED FOR PROCUREMENT OF BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS, INCLUDING ADVANCED PROCUREMENT LONG-LEAD COMPONENTS, OR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRODUCTION BASE FOR SUCH MUNITIONS. THE SKELTON AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES FUNDS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OR ASSEMBLY OF COMPLETE BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS TO BEGIN AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1987 IF A MUTUALLY VERIFIABLE AGREEMENT BANNING SUCH WEAPONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION AND OTHER NATIONS HAS NOT BEEN REACHED BY THIS TIME. (MOTION PASSED)

229 yea · 196 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat83 yea · 160 nay
Republican147 yea · 36 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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 expansion”

    model(0.90): A yes vote authorizes funding for binary chemical munitions procurement.

    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 (231)

Nay (197)

Not voting or present (5)

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