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House Roll Call 777, 99th Congress · September 11, 1986

TO AMEND HR 5484 TO PERMIT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO ASSIGN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ASSIST DRUG ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN SEARCHES,SEIZURES AND ARRESTS OUTSIDE THE LAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATES IN ENFORCING DRUG LAWS.

359 yea · 52 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat182 yea · 50 nay
Republican174 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 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): Authorizing military personnel for drug searches and arrests expands military authority and operations.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.90): Expanding military search, seizure, and arrest powers for drug enforcement increases 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 (359)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (20)

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