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Senate Roll Call 609, 99th Congress · August 13, 1986

TO TABLE THE BYRD, WV)AMENDMENT TO HR 5052, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THAT, IN ORDER TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL RESOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF CENTRAL AMERICA PRIMARILY THROUGH DIPLOMATIC MEANS, FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, OR ANY OTHER AGENCY OR ENTITY OF THE UNITED STATES MAY BE OBLIGATED OR EXPENDED TO PROVIDE FUNDS, MATERIEL, OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO THE NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE TO SUPPORT MILITARY OR PARAMILITARY OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA ONLY IF SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY LAW.

52 yea · 48 nay
Democrat5 yea · 43 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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.90): Tabling kills a requirement for explicit legal authorization for military operations.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Authorization restriction rider rather than direct budget change.

    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 (52)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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