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House Roll Call 178, 99th Congress · June 26, 1985

TO AGREE TO THE BROWN AMENDMENT TO H R 1872, AS AMENDED BY THE HOYER AMENDMENT. THE HOYER AMENDMENT ADDS $20 MILLION TO THE AIR FORCE'S SPACE SYSTEM SURVIVABILITY PROGRAM. THE BROWN AMENDMENT PROHIBITS ANTISATELLITE (ASAT) WEAPONS TESTS AGAINST OBJECTS IN SPACE UNLESS THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES THAT THE SOVIET UNION HAS RESUMED ASAT TESTS. (MOTION PASSED)

229 yea · 193 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat197 yea · 40 nay
Republican32 yea · 154 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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(0.95): Prohibits anti-satellite weapons testing in space, imposing military restraint.

    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 (195)

Not voting or present (7)

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