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House Roll Call 363, 99th Congress · November 12, 1985

MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO H RES 314. THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT ALLOW THE SOVIET UNION TO TAKE MIROSLAV MEDVID FROM THE U.S. UNTIL AN INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT HE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO EXERCISE THE RIGHTS OF DEFECTOR. (MOTION PASSED)

405 yea · 3 nay23 not voting or present
Democrat232 yea · 1 nay
Republican173 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 314 ↗

A resolution expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that Miroslav Medvid should not be allowed to be removed from the United States until a complete investigation can determine whether he has been accorded all rights due him as a possible defector, and until he is accorded those rights.

Policy area: Immigration — 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.

  • ImmigrationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Expressing the sense of Congress on a defector is a non-binding resolution.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (408)

Nay (3)

Not voting or present (23)

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