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Senate Roll Call 680, 99th Congress · September 27, 1986

TO TABLE THE DIXON AMENDMENT TO THE DOLE, KS)-BYRD, WV) SUBSTITUTE TO HR 5484, THE ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THAT THE PRESIDENT SHALL DEPLOY EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ADDRESS THE UNLAWFUL PENETRATION OF UNITED STATES BORDERS BY AIRCRAFT AND VESSELS CARRYING NARCOTICS, THROUGH THE USE OF PURSUIT AIRCRAFT, RADAR COVERAGE, AND WITH THE USE OF NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES.

72 yea · 14 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat36 yea · 5 nay
Republican36 yea · 9 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5484

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Tabling kills an amendment deploying armed forces equipment and personnel for border interdiction.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.90): Tabling kills an amendment expanding military deployment for punitive drug interdiction.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (72)

Nay (14)

Not voting or present (14)

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