TO TABLE THE KENNDEY, MA) AMENDMENT TO HR 5052, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT THE INTRODUCTION OF U.S. PERSONNEL INTO NICARAGUA FOR THE PURPOSE OF GROUND COMBAT.

The measure

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): Tabling an amendment prohibiting US combat troops in Nicaragua removes a restriction on military force.

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

  Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

• Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

  excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A prohibition on deploying ground combat troops is a war powers restriction, not a fiscal policy issue.

  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.