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House Roll Call 200, 99th Congress · July 11, 1985

TO INSTRUCT THE HOUSE CONFEREES TO INSIST ON LANGUAGE IN THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 1160. THIS HOUSE AMENDMENT CREATES A PEACETIME ESPIONAGE OFFENSE WITH A DEATH PENALTY IN THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. (MOTION PASSED)

320 yea · 101 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat143 yea · 93 nay
Republican176 yea · 9 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1160

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(0.80): A yes vote expands military law authority by creating a peacetime military espionage death penalty offense.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.90): A yes vote creates a death penalty for peacetime espionage, making criminal justice more punitive.

    Tagged by: keyword:death penalty

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (322)

Nay (102)

Not voting or present (9)

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