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House Roll Call 776, 99th Congress · September 11, 1986

TO AMEND THE BENNETT, FLA. AMENDMENT TO HR 5484, TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO DEPLOY WITHIN 30 DAYS ARMED FORCES EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL SUFFICIENT TO HALT THE UNLAWFUL PENETRATION OF UNITED STATES BORDERS BY AIRCRAFT AND VESSELS CARRYING NARCOTICS.

237 yea · 177 nay16 not voting or present
Democrat88 yea · 146 nay
Republican149 yea · 29 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5484 ↗

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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): Mandating deployment of military personnel for border interdiction expands military operations.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.90): Mandating armed forces deployment for drug interdiction strengthens punitive law enforcement.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    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 (238)

Nay (177)

Not voting or present (16)

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