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Senate Roll Call 611, 99th Congress · August 13, 1986

TO ADOPT HR 5052, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL WHICH APPROPRIATES $8.2 MILLION FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1987 AND PROVIDES $100 MILLION IN AID TO THE NICARAGUAN "CONTRAS" AND $300 MILLION IN ECONOMIC AID TO THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA.

59 yea · 41 nay
Democrat14 yea · 34 nay
Republican45 yea · 7 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(0.95): Passes military construction appropriations and Contra aid.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Passes billions in military construction and foreign assistance 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 (59)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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