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100th Congress > Senate > Vote 259

Date: September 22, 1987

Result: 50-50

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Defense Policy Budget

Sponsor: EXON, J. James (D-NE)

Bill number: S1174

Description: TO TABLE THE JOHNSTON, LA AMENDMENT TO S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE TO $3.7 BILLION FOR FISCAL 1988. MOTION PASSED, VICE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, CASTING THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE.

Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 133, p. 12470;

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