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House Roll Call 721, 99th Congress · August 7, 1986

TO AGREE TO CONSIDER H RES 531, THE RULE UNDER WHICH HR 4428, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987 FOR THE ARMED FORCES WILL BE CONSIDERED. CONSIDERATION OF A PRIVILEGED REPORT CONSIDERED ON THE SAME DAY IT IS PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING. (MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT HAVING VOTED IN FAVOR.) VOTING IN FAVOR.

276 yea · 118 nay35 not voting or present
Democrat210 yea · 12 nay
Republican65 yea · 106 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4428

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987

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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Procedural vote to consider a special rule.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Procedural vote to consider a special rule.

    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 (277)

Nay (119)

Not voting or present (35)

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