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Senate Roll Call 598, 99th Congress · August 13, 1986

TO TABLE THE MELCHER, MT) AMENDMENT TO HR 5052, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH WOULD REMOVE AUTHORITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO TRANSFER AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS FUNDS AND AFRICAN FAMINE RELIEF FUNDS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $300 MILLION IN ECONOMIC AID FOR CENTRAL AMERICA.

51 yea · 49 nay
Democrat4 yea · 44 nay
Republican47 yea · 5 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5052

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 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 (0.85) Transferring foreign aid funds does not represent direct military expansion or restraint.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Blocking a transfer between existing funding accounts is a budget reallocation with net-neutral spending impact.

    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.

Yea (51)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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