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Their Record

House Roll Call 189, 99th Congress · June 27, 1985

TO AGREE TO THE MARKEY AMENDMENT TO H R 1872, AS AMENDED BY THE DANIEL AMENDMENT. THE MARKEY AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTIVITY, OR TO SUPPORT ANY ACTIVITY, BY MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN ANY LAND AREA OF HONDURAS THAT IS WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE LAND BORDER OF NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS UNLESS THERE IS CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER FOR THE UNITED STATES OR ITS CITIZENS OR IF THE AIM IS TO RESPOND, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN TREATY OF RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE, TO AN INVASION OF HONDURAS. THE DANIEL AMENDMENT PLACES CERTAIN SAFEGUARADS AGAINST HOSTILE CONFRONTATIONS IN HONDURAS. (MOTION FAILED)

172 yea · 217 nay41 not voting or present
Democrat163 yea · 57 nay
Republican9 yea · 160 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(0.90): A yes vote restricts troop funding and military activity near the Nicaraguan border.

    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 (174)

Nay (218)

Not voting or present (41)

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