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Senate Roll Call 607, 99th Congress · August 13, 1986

TO TABLE THE SIMON, IL) AMENDMENT HR 5052, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION OF $50 MILLION TO THE SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY DROUGHT AND DESERTIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNDS THROUGH THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE ERADICATION OF LOCUSTS AND OTHER PESTS THAT THREATEN FOOD SUPPLIES IN AFRICA. THE MONEY WAS TO BE TAKEN FROM $300 MILLION SPECIFIED FOR ECONOMIC AID FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

64 yea · 36 nay
Democrat14 yea · 34 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Transfer between economic assistance programs, unrelated to military powers.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Net-neutral transfer of spending between foreign aid accounts.

    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 (64)

Nay (36)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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