Senate Roll Call 610, 99th Congress · August 13, 1986

TO ADOPT TITLES II AND III TO HR 5052, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE $100 MILLION IN AID FOR THE NICARAGUAN "CONTRAS" AND $300 MILLION IN ECONOMIC AID TO THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA.

53 yea · 47 nay

Democrat11 yea · 37 nay

Republican42 yea · 10 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

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(0.95): Adopts funding for Contra military assistance.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.95): Authorizes $400 million in foreign aid spending.
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 (53)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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