House Roll Call 184, 99th Congress · June 27, 1985

TO AMEND THE FOLEY AMENDMENT TO H R 1872. THE FOLEY AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE INTRODUCTION OF ARMED FORCES INTO NICARAGUA FOR COMBAT AND PROVIDES THAT NOTHING IN THE AMENDMENT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD TO AFFECT THE PROVISIONS OF THE RIO TREATY. THE FOLEY AMENDMENT ALSO PRESERVES THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO ACT IN ANY INSTANCE IN WHICH OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, OR THAT OF OUR TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS IS THREATENED, AND ALSO TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND O NICARAGUA IF THEY ARE THREATENED. THE BURTON AMENDMENT PROVIDES AN EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION IF THE PRESIDENT DETERMINES THAT NICARAGUA IS SUPPORTING MILITARY OR TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN EL SALVADOR, HOUNDURAS, OR COSTA RICA.

186 yea · 235 nay11 not voting or present

Democrat31 yea · 205 nay

Republican154 yea · 29 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”
model(0.95): Creates exceptions permitting introduction of US armed forces into combat in Nicaragua.
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 (186)

Nay (236)

Not voting or present (11)

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