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House Roll Call 376, 99th Congress · November 19, 1985

TO APPROVE THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H R 2419. THE REPORT APPROPRIATES FUNDS TO AGENCIES INVOLVED IN INTELLIGENCE; CLARIFIES CERTAIN POLICIES ON AID TO THE CONTRAS; HASTENS THE GRANT OF CITIZENSHIP TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AGENTS; PERMITS THE CIA, OPM AND DOD TO ACCESS STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR SECURITY CHECKS; AND GIVES THE PERSONNEL OF THE CIA WHO WORK ABROAD AT DANGEROUS POSTS THE SAME RETIREMENT CREDITS THAT FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS HAVE.

387 yea · 21 nay24 not voting or present
Democrat208 yea · 22 nay
Republican177 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2419 ↗

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 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(0.90): Funding intelligence agencies and Contra aid expands military and intelligence operations.

    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 (388)

Nay (22)

Not voting or present (24)

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