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House Roll Call 157, 99th Congress · June 19, 1985

TO AMEND THE FASCELL SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PORTER AMENDMENT TO H R 1872. THE FASCELL AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 1987, AFTER WHICHPROCUREMENT MAY PROCEED IF THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES TO CONGRESS THE NEED FOR SUCH WEAPONS, A CONTROL AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN ENTERED INTO BY THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT THE TWO CHEMICAL COMPONENTS ARE STORED IN SEPARATE STATES. (MOTION PASSED)

223 yea · 196 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat77 yea · 163 nay
Republican148 yea · 35 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 restraint”

    model(0.85): A yes vote restricts and delays 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 (226)

Nay (199)

Not voting or present (8)

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