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Senate Roll Call 570, 99th Congress · August 7, 1986

TO ADOPT THE MATHIAS AMENDMENT, A PERFECTING AMENDMENT TO THE KENNEDY, MA)-MATHIAS AMENDMENT TO S 2638, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987. THE AMENDMENT WOULD EXPRESS THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT, AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD (1) REQUEST ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE TO RATIFICATION (WITH A REPORT CONTAINING ANY PLANS THE PRESIDENT MAY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE SUPPLEMENTAL VERIFICATION PROCEDURES, OR IF THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES IT NECESSARY, ANY UNDERSTANDING OR RESERVATION ON THE SUBJECT OF VERIFICATION WHICH SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE TREATY) OF THE THRESHOLD TEST BAN AND PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS TREATIES, SIGNED IN 1974 AND 1976, RESPECTIVELY; AND (2) PROPOSE TO THE SOVIET UNION THE IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD CONCLUSION OF A VERIFIABLE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY.

64 yea · 35 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 3 nay
Republican20 yea · 32 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2638

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 (0.80) A non-binding sense of Congress resolution regarding nuclear test ban treaties.

    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 (64)

Nay (35)

Not voting or present (1)

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