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Senate Roll Call 588, 99th Congress · August 9, 1986

TO ADOPT S 2638, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987. THE BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE $219.8 BILLION IN FUNDS FOR MILITARY FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL LEVELS FOR SUCH DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL (CONTINUED) YEAR 1987, REVISE AND IMPROVE MILITARY COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, IMPROVE DEFENSE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES, AUTHORIZE CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987, AND AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987.

86 yea · 3 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 3 nay
Republican47 yea · 1 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing the annual defense authorization act funds and supports military functions and expansion.

    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 (87)

Nay (4)

Not voting or present (9)

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