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Senate Roll Call 92, 99th Congress · May 23, 1985

TO AMEND S 1160 TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION MUST UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION MUST COME TO CONGRESS FOR AUTHORITY AND FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS TO GO AHEAD WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES HEADED FOR A BASE REALIGNMENT OR CLOSURE ACTION.

48 yea · 48 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat45 yea · 3 nay
Republican3 yea · 45 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1160

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986

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) Adding procedural requirements for base closures is administrative oversight.

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

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Procedural congressional approval requirements for base closure planning do not clearly expand or restrain overall 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 (48)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (4)

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