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House Roll Call 342, 99th Congress · October 30, 1985

AN AMENDMENT TO H R 3629 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS THAT REMOVES $1.746 BILLION THAT IS APPROPRIATED FOR 12 MX MISSLES. (MOTION FAILED)

210 yea · 214 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat175 yea · 67 nay
Republican36 yea · 147 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3629 ↗

Department of Defense Appropriation 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(0.95): A yes vote adopts an amendment removing funding for MX missiles.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): Removing $1.746 billion in missile funding reduces federal spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (213)

Nay (215)

Not voting or present (6)

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