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House Roll Call 182, 99th Congress · June 26, 1985

TO AMEND H R 1872 TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT 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. (MOTION PASSED)

333 yea · 71 nay27 not voting or present
Democrat156 yea · 69 nay
Republican176 yea · 2 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Authorizes DOD counterintelligence polygraph tests, an internal security measure.

    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 (334)

Nay (72)

Not voting or present (27)

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