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Senate Roll Call 606, 99th Congress · August 13, 1986

TO TABLE THE SIMON, IL) AMENDMENT TO HR 5052, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO PREPARE AND TRANSMIT EVERY 30 DAYS TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES A REPORT ACCOUNTING IN FULL FOR THE USES OF ALL GOODS AND SERVICES PURCHASED UNDER TITLE II, WHETHER WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE, AND THAT THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL SHALL TRANSMIT SUCH REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.

57 yea · 43 nay
Democrat7 yea · 41 nay
Republican50 yea · 2 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.80): Tabling kills an amendment requiring presidential reporting on Contra aid purchases.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Administrative reporting requirement with negligible budget 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 (57)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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