House Roll Call 181, 99th Congress · June 26, 1985

TO AMEND THE DICKINSON AMENDMENT TO H R 1872 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE DICKINSON AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO INSTITUTE A PROGRAM OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS FOR MILITARY, CIVILIAN, AND CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY DEPARTMENTS, AND THE ARMED FORCES WHOSE DUTIES INVOLVE ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. THE BROOKS SUBSTITUTE PROHIBITS USE OF FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS AND EXAMINERS EXCEPT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE TEST PROGRAM AUTHORIZED IN THE 1985 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. (MOTION FAILED)

121 yea · 281 nay29 not voting or present

Democrat117 yea · 107 nay

Republican4 yea · 173 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Restricts polygraph tests for personnel, an internal security and administration issue.
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 (122)

Nay (282)

Not voting or present (29)

Frank AnnunzioDid not vote
Robert Edward BadhamDid not vote
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr.Did not vote
Anthony Charles BeilensonDid not vote
George E. Brown Jr.Did not vote
John Conyers, Jr.Did not vote
Norman D. DicksDid not vote
Julian C. DixonDid not vote
Hamilton Fish Jr.Did not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote
Charles Floyd HatcherDid not vote
Willie Gathrel HefnerDid not vote
Marjorie Sewell HoltDid not vote
Frank Jefferson HortonDid not vote
Walter Beaman Jones Sr.Did not vote
Trent LottDid not vote
Michael Edward LowryDid not vote
Thomas Andrew LukenDid not vote
Parren James MitchellDid not vote
Donald Lawrence RitterDid not vote
Robert A. RoeDid not vote
Norman David ShumwayDid not vote
Mark Deli SiljanderDid not vote
Bruce F. VentoDid not vote
James Howard WeaverDid not vote
Jamie Lloyd WhittenDid not vote
Charles WilsonDid not vote
Timothy E. WirthDid not vote
George Cornelius WortleyDid not vote

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