Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations Used in the Text
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Archives Consulted
- Congress and the Cold War
- 1 Constructing a Bipartisan Foreign Policy
- 2 Legislative Power and the Congressional Right
- 3 Redefining Congressional Power
- 4 The Consequences of Vietnam
- 5 The Transformation of Stuart Symington
- 6 The New Internationalists' Congress
- 7 The Triumph of the Armed Services Committee
- Appendix A The Foreign Aid Revolt of 1963
- Appendix B The Senate and U.S. Involvement in Southeast Asia, 1970–1974
- Appendix C The Senate of the New Internationalists, 1973–1976
- Appendix D The House and the End of the Cold War, 1980–1985
- Index
Appendix D - The House and the End of the Cold War, 1980–1985
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations Used in the Text
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Archives Consulted
- Congress and the Cold War
- 1 Constructing a Bipartisan Foreign Policy
- 2 Legislative Power and the Congressional Right
- 3 Redefining Congressional Power
- 4 The Consequences of Vietnam
- 5 The Transformation of Stuart Symington
- 6 The New Internationalists' Congress
- 7 The Triumph of the Armed Services Committee
- Appendix A The Foreign Aid Revolt of 1963
- Appendix B The Senate and U.S. Involvement in Southeast Asia, 1970–1974
- Appendix C The Senate of the New Internationalists, 1973–1976
- Appendix D The House and the End of the Cold War, 1980–1985
- Index
Summary
(Only the votes of members who served in each Congress from 1980 through 1985 are compiled in this table.)
HR 6974. Defense Department Authorization. Simon amendment to delete $500 million of the $1.6 billion in the bill for continued development of the MX Missile. Rejected 152–250 (R 29–120, D 123–130). May 15, 1980.
HR 6942 Foreign Aid. Weiss amendment to delete a provision in the bill to reduce the number of congressional committees receiving advance notice of covert operations by federal agencies, thereby restoring the Hughes-Ryan amendment. Rejected 50–325 (R 2–130, D 48–195). May 28, 1980.
HR 6942. Foreign Aid. Bauman amendment to delete $5.5 million in military aid for Nicaragua. Adopted 267–105. (R 132–2, D 135–103). May 28, 1980.
HR 6942. Foreign Aid. Wright substitute for the Bauman amendment, to allow the bill's $25 million in Econcomic Support Fund aid to Nicaragua, and to require the president to report to Congress every 90 days on the internal situation in Nicaragua, including the government's observance of human rights. Adopted 243–144 (R 31–116, D 212–28). June 5, 1980.
HR 4995. Defense Department Appropriations, Fiscal 1982. Addabbo amendment to delete $1.801 billion from Air Force procurement intended for the B-1 bomber. Rejected 142–263. (R 21-157, D 121–106). November 18, 1981.
HR 4995. Defense Department Appropriations, Fiscal 1982. Addabbo amendment to delete $1.913 in Air Force research and development funds for the MX missile and basing system. Rejected 139–264 (R 27–151, D 112–113). November 18, 1981.
HR 6030. Defense Department Authorization, Fiscal 1983. Downey amendment to delete $336.7 million for development of the Trident II missile and add $26 million for development of the Axe non-nuclear missile. Rejected 89–312 (R 5–178, D 84–134). July 29, 1982.
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- Congress and the Cold War , pp. 311 - 326Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005